Legal Opinion

People v. George

Criminal Court of the City of New York

Decided June 12, 2017Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

David Fkey, J.

The defendant was charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 220.06 [5]), for possessing more than 500 milligrams of cocaine on June 5, 2000. On August 17, 2000, the People moved to reduce the charge to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law § 220.03), because the New York City Police Department (NYPD) laboratory report showed that the cocaine seized from the defendant weighed only 1.2 grains (approximately 77.8 milligrams) of cocaine. On February 21, 2001,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
People v. McDonaldNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
United States v. Ivania Maria Couto, Also Known as Sealed Dft 35Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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