Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

Middletown City Court

Decided August 11, 2017Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Steven W. Brockett, J.

The defendant is charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law § 220.03) for allegedly possessing crack cocaine and heroin. The defendant moves to dismiss these counts based upon claims that the accusatory instruments are defective and that there exists a legal impediment to her conviction for the crimes charged.

The first count charges that on December 11, 2016, on North Street in Middletown, the defendant possessed, concealed *372inside of her clothing, five small bags containing crack cocaine.1…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. AlejandroNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. DumayNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. People v. SyllaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2005
  4. People v. SantanaNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 2005

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