Legal Opinion
People v. Wharton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 28, 1989PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
An undercover police officer carrying out his official duties on a Brooklyn street, in what is commonly referred to as the law enforcement technique of a narcotics "buy and bust” operation, purchased two foil packets of cocaine from defendant. The undercover purchasing officer radioed a description of defendant to the backup team of officers, who immediately responded to make the arrest at the site of the criminal transaction. Within five minutes, the purchaser-undercover police officer drove past that site…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. GissendannerNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. RileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by277 opinions
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- People v. DixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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