People v. Brown (Demitrice)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Demitrice Brown, Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Ernest F. Hart, J.), rendered February 28, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

ORDERED that the judgment of conviction is reversed, on the law, and the accusatory instrument is dismissed.

The People charged defendant, in an information, with criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 221.10 [1]), in that, on February 8,…