Legal Opinion
People v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 20, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), rendered January 17, 1985, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the indictment is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.
The evidence adduced at trial concerning the defendant’s alleged possession of cocaine was insufficient as a matter of law to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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