Legal Opinion

People v. Feliciano

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 26, 1973PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Judge Fuld.

A Kings County grand jury indicted Feliciano and Gonzalez, the defendants-respondents herein, along with a third defendant, Carlos Santana, for possession of a dangerous drug in the third degree (Penal Law, § 220.20). All three moved for dismissal of the indictment. The court at Criminal Term denied Santana’s application but granted the motions of the other two, and a divided Appellate Division affirmed the resulting order (40 A D 2d 1021). This was error; the motion should have been denied and the indictment sustained.

The grand jury minutes reveal that Santana disembarked…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. ManiniNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. People v. ElwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. BallardNew York Supreme Court · 1986
  4. People v. BrownCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1982
  5. People v. CortesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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