People v. Colon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered July 23, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The undercover officer’s radio broadcast describing defendant—male Hispanic, goatee, long black coat, blue sweatshirt, green shorts over blue pants, white sneakers, and black "Raiders” cap—and specifying the location where the sale occurred, provided ample probable cause to arrest when, within a minute or…
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