Legal Opinion
People v. Costa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 2004PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (LaBuda, J.), rendered January 4, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of marihuana in the first degree.
Defendant contends that the observations of a police detective made of a field from a helicopter failed to provide probable cause to support an ensuing search warrant. Pursuant to the warrant, a large number of cultivated marihuana plants were seized from the field, which was on property controlled by defendant. He was charged in a multicount indictment and, although he made *676a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. HuffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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