Legal Opinion
People v. Donoso
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 12, 2010PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
Defendant was indicted and convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. The charge stems from his arrest in a dance club in Manhattan after a club employee observed him give a patron a pill of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (a hallucinogenic drug more commonly known as ecstasy). Upon being called by the club management, the police arrested defendant after searching him and recovering a plastic bag containing 16 ecstasy pills. The dispositive issue in this appeal concerns whether and to what extent the trial court’s failure to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. O'RamaNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. StarlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. KisoonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- People v. TabbNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
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