People v. Atkinson

Casey, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Zittell, J.), rendered April 30, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

*922On April 14, 1983, three police officers of the City of Hudson in Columbia County, on a stake-out, observed defendant arrive at the apartment of Theresa Buie, exit his car, take a folded newspaper from the passenger’s side of the vehicle and put it in his pocket. Buie, who had been standing on the porch with others, followed defendant into her apartment. The police…