People v. Glassman-Blanco

Pesce, EJ.

(dissenting and voting to affirm the judgment of conviction in the following memorandum). I find that the misdemeanor complaint, which alleges that the arresting officer “observed defendant in possession of a quantity of crack and crack cocaine residue” and that he “recovered said quantity of crack and crack cocaine residue from inside [a specified] location next to where the defendant was situated,” is not jurisdictionally defective. Rather, I conclude that the misdemeanor *99complaint alleges facts of an evidentiary character supporting or tending to support the charge (CPL 100.15…