Legal Opinion

People v. Velez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 20, 2016No. 2012-08654PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ingram, J.), rendered September 6, 2012, convicting her of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and criminal possession of marijuana in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

While looking out of a second floor window of the Red Hook courthouse located at 88 Visitation Place, Brooklyn, a New York City police detective observed marijuana plants growing in a yard behind a residence adjacent…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. ManiniNew York Court of Appeals · 1992

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  2. People v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
  3. People v. ZehAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. People v. ConleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2025
  5. People v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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