Legal Opinion
People v. Caban
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 14, 2005PublishedCited by 1,463 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, based largely on the testimony of prosecution witness George Castro. By his own admission, Castro was a street-level drug dealer who, along with several others, worked for defendant, selling crack on Fox Street in the Bronx. Castro resided in defendant’s stash house, and was there on March 18, 1995, when the charged conspiracy was allegedly hatched. The object of the conspiracy was to kill Angel Ortiz, a rival drug dealer who also sold crack on Fox Street. Castro testified that he was packaging drugs…
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