Legal Opinion
People v. Becker
Rochester City Court
Decided August 4, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*493OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellen M. Yacknin, J.
Introduction
Defendant is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor under Penal Law § 220.03. Specifically, the misdemeanor information alleges that, on April 30, 2006, the police officer found two plastic baggies of crack cocaine and two plastic baggies of heroin in the center console of a car in which defendant was a passenger in Rochester, New York.
Defendant has moved to dismiss the accusatory instrument as jurisdictionally defective because it fails to state expressly that the exceptions to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. AlejandroNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. CaseNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. KohutNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. SantanaNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
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