Legal Opinion

People v. Colon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 3, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. People v. AcevedoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. PrestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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