Legal Opinion

People v. Quinones

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

Decided March 30, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen G. Crane, J.), entered April 9, 1992, which set aside defendant’s conviction, after jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and directed a new trial, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the conviction reinstated.

At the time of his arrest, defendant was seen tossing three clear plastic sandwich bags, appearing to contain crack cocaine, to an accomplice who threw them out of a window. A backup officer on the street observed a young, teen-aged girl wiping a white, powdery substance out of her hair…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. ConnellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. SarmientoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. People v. SarmientoNew York Court of Appeals · 1991

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. In re Kassan D.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. People v. SealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. WakefieldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  5. People v. WakefieldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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