People v. Jacoy

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), rendered January 23, 1987, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant was arrested on November 20, 1986 and charged with a violation of Penal Law § 220.18 (1), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, a class A-II felony. He was arraigned before a Justice of the local criminal court of an adjoining town due to the unavailability of the Justice of the appropriate town court to whom the felony…