Legal Opinion

People v. Peralta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 27, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mercure, J.

By indictment dated February 9, 1988, defendants, Hector Gutierrez and Michael Lucas were each charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree as the result of a November 18, 1987 sale of cocaine to agents of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (hereinafter DEA). Gutierrez and Lucas disposed of the charges against them by means of negotiated pleas and sentences and each testified for the People at defendants’ August 1988 trial. On cross-examination, Lucas was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. FloresNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. People v. HobotNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. People v. VilardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. AdamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. YusufiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. People v. VecchioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. LouisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. People v. BurchardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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