Legal Opinion

People v. Best

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

Decided August 14, 1980PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered October 30, 1979, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and resentencing him to 2 Vs to 10 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for resentence. Defendant, a 42-year-old first offender, described by the court as "more an introducer, than a big time narcotics dealer”, entered a plea of guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class A-III felony, in satisfaction of three indictments. The plea was conditioned upon the imposition of a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. MaldonadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. CharlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. People v. BarzgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. People v. SingletarySyracuse City Court · 1982

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