People v. Davis

OPINION OF THE COURT

Louis H. Mariani, J.

Defendant is charged with possession of stolen property in violation of section 165.40 of the Penal Law. The charge arises from a transaction for certain goods that allegedly occurred on February 8, 1979, between an informant, this defendant and one other individual. This transaction was one of a multitude of others in a long term, ongoing investigation, wherein this informant acted as a known “buyer” of allegedly stolen goods.

Upon defendant’s arraignment in June, 1980, some 18 months after the original transaction, defense counsel made numerous…