People v. Negron

OPINION OF THE COURT

Laura R. Johnson, J.

In this case, defendant is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned on December 8, 2014. The complainant in the accusatory instrument that the People filed at defendant’s arraignment was Police Officer Ivan Williams. Williams stated, under oath, that he was informed by the sworn statement of Police Officer Georin Duran that Duran had observed defendant in possession of a glass pipe, which Duran had recovered from the ground where defendant dropped it and which he recognized…