Legal Opinion

People v. Dumas

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 10, 1986PublishedCited by 318 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Term should be reversed and *731the orders of the Criminal Court should be reinstated.

We agree with the Criminal Court that the misdemeanor complaints are facially insufficient.

In the Dumas case the factual portion of the complaint simply states: "Deponent is informed by an undercover police officer of the New York City Police Department, Shield Number 6938, who is known to the deponent, that defendant knowingly and unlawfully sold to informant marijuana to wit: 2 clear plastic bags of marijuana, for a sum of United States currency”. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. WeinbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. KennyNew York Court of Appeals · 1972

3Cited by318 opinions

  1. People v. AlejandroNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. CaseyNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. People v. KalinNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. People v. DumayNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. People v. DreydenNew York Court of Appeals · 2010

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