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People v. Ortiz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 2002
291 A.D.2d 273 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

230

February 14, 2002.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J. at hearing; Rena Uviller, J. at plea and sentence), rendered June 30, 1999, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 1½ to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

ANN M. OLSON, for respondent.

STEVEN R. BERKO, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Sullivan, J.P., Rosenberger, Rubin, Friedman, Marlow, JJ.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The observing officer's transmission established probable cause for defendant's arrest. The description of a Hispanic man wearing a black plastic jacket, a red shirt and blue pants was sufficiently specific, particularly since defendant was arrested at the specified location immediately after the drug transaction and was the only person present and matched the description (People v. Rampersant, 272 A.D.2d 202, 203,lv denied 95 N.Y.2d 870; People v. Acevedo, 181 A.D.2d 596, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 1045).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Ortiz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 2002
291 A.D.2d 273 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Ortiz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. ALEX ORTIZ…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Feb 14, 2002

Citations

291 A.D.2d 273 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
738 N.Y.S.2d 36

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