Legal Opinion
People v. Butler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Rothwax, J., at hearing and jury trial), convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of imprisonment of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Upon a review of the record of the suppression hearing, we agree with the hearing court’s conclusion that defendant abandoned the bag in which the police discovered 40 vials of crack. By first attempting to conceal the small paper bag once he made eye contact with the uniformed police officers, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. BoodleNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. MilaskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- In re Dalmin M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. MimsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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