Legal Opinion
People v. Ocasio
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 22, 1995PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stephen Lloyd Barrett, J.), rendered July 15,1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Summary denial of the Dunaway/ Wade branch of defendant’s suppression motion was proper since the undercover police officer’s confirmatory identification in this "buy-and-bust” operation preceded defendant’s arrest, and hence was not suppressible as the fruit of an illegal arrest (CPL 710.60 [3] [b];…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. MendozaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. BoucheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re Hui H.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995