People v. Menner

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Defendant was charged in an accusatory instrument with patronizing a prostitute in the third degree (Penal Law former § 230.04). The instrument, which was supplemented with a supporting deposition, alleged that, on or about January 14, 2012, at approximately 4:25 a.m., at the southeast corner of Cozine Avenue and Alabama Avenue, in Kings County, defendant had solicited or requested an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute to engage in fellatio in return for a fee, or had agreed to pay a fee to the officer in return for which the officer would engage…