People v. Wright

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered July 30, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of marihuana in the first degree.

As a result of a tip from a realtor who was involved in the sale of the subject premises, State Police Investigator John Hendricks flew over, in a helicopter, certain real property located on Campbell Hill Road outside of the Town of Che-mung, Chemung County, in a police helicopter on September 23, 1983. From the air Hendricks observed what appeared to be a cultivated plot containing 50…