Legal Opinion
People v. Leonardo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 5, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered August 8, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was arrested in the course of a "buy and bust” operation in which a police informant, who was previously acquainted with the defendant, acted as a middleman by arranging a sale of a quantity of cocaine to two undercover officers. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. NovoaNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. SuarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. PaulAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. JacomeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. FisherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990