Legal Opinion
People v. Piazza
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 16, 1986PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bianchi, J.), rendered November 30, 1984, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the police had probable cause to place the defendant under arrest. He was observed by police officers in a known narcotics area sitting in a double-parked car talking to several pedestrians. A short time later, after he committed a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. McRayNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- People v. BettsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. CapersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. RomanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
3Cited by22 opinions
- People v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. NewmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. FloresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. BaldanzaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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