People v. Green

Chief Judge Breitel.

Defendant appeals from a conviction, after a jury trial, for felonious possession of dangerous drugs, and a sentence of five years’ probation.

The case was closely contested, defendant testifying in his own behalf. The primary evidentiary issue turned on a police officer’s identification of, defendant, previously unknown to him, as the person who threw a paper bag containing 56 glassine heroin envelopes from an upper-story window of an apartment building into a rear courtyard. The jury deliberated for most of a day, and returned a guilty verdict, late at night, only after…