Legal Opinion
People v. Acosta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 17, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Diaz, J., at suppression hearing; Efrain Alvarado, J., at trial and sentence), rendered July 7, 1995, convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth and seventh degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
While on patrol in a drug-prone area, Sergeant Jose Rosado and Officer Ernest Lentini observed defendant with a grey object in his hand, which he placed behind his back after looking in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. AlexanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. GilbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. MaysAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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- People v. KovzeloveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. HendersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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