Legal Opinion

People v. Johnson

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

Decided November 29, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), rendered December 20, 1996, convicting her of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in denying her request for a missing witness charge with respect to an undercover officer’s “ghost”, who was assigned to provide protection to the undercover officer, is without merit. The record does not indicate that the ghost officer possessed knowledge…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. KitchingNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. People v. ProfitAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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