Legal Opinion
People v. Brooks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 30, 2017No. 107181Published
1Opinion of the CourtDevine, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams, J.), rendered October 23, 2014, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts).
Defendant, using a confidential informant as a go-between, sold crack cocaine to a police officer on two occasions in 2013. The confidential informant facilitated the sales by ferrying the drugs and buy money between adjacent hotel rooms, with defendant in one and investigators in the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Minnesota v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- People v. AlvinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Schumer v. HoltzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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