Legal Opinion
People v. Shepard
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 1980PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The defendant, Martin Shepard, was originally charged in the Justice Court of the Town of Southampton with the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the sixth degree (Penal Law, § 220.06, subd 3), a class D felony. It was alleged that he had in his possession at his home in Sagaponack, New York, nine marihuana plants. The charge was subsequently reduced to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law, § 220.03) a class A misdemeanor.
The defendant moved to dismiss the charge on the ground that section 220.03 of the Penal…
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