People v. Camacho

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 7, 1973, convicting him of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree (Penal Law, former § 220.23), upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to a prison term of 15 years to life. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and indictment dismissed. When possession of contraband is the crime charged, the possession must be conclusively shown. “ The crime of possessing dangerous drugs requires a physical or constructive possession with actual knowledge of the nature of the possessed…