People v. Oquendo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment of conviction rendered April 23, 2010, affirmed.

The underlying accusatory instruments sufficiently set forth the factual basis for the marihuana possession charges of which defendant ultimately was convicted. The factual portion of the initial misdemeanor information alleged, inter alia, that the arresting police officer, while “inside” a specified street address (1565 Park Avenue, in Manhattan), a location described as “a public place,” observed “a small plastic bag of marihuana fall to the ground”; that the officer recovered the bag “from the ground next to…