People v. Fuente
| Decision Date | 01 February 1991 |
| Citation | 566 N.Y.S.2d 902,170 A.D.2d 986 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Carlos FUENTE, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Steven Meyer, White Plains, for appellant. Miguel Reyes, Rochester, for respondent.
Order unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly dismissed counts two and three of the indictment. The evidence before the Grand Jury was insufficient to establish defendant's constructive possession of the contraband (see, People v. Jennings, 69 N.Y.2d 103, 115, 512 N.Y.S.2d 652, 504 N.E.2d 1079; People v. Patel, 132 A.D.2d 498, 501-502, 133 A.D.2d 38, 518 N.Y.S.2d 384, lv. denied, 70 N.Y.2d 935, 524 N.Y.S.2d 687, 519 N.E.2d 633; People v. Ballard, 133 Misc.2d 584, 589-590, 507 N.Y.S.2d 572). (Appeal from Order of Monroe County Court, Maloy, J.--Dismiss Indictment.)
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People v. Manini
...factual scenarios require an affirmance in People v. Manini, 174 A.D.2d 978, 572 N.Y.S.2d 137, and a reversal in People v. Fuente, 170 A.D.2d 986, 566 N.Y.S.2d 902. The indictments in both cases resulted from investigations of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) into the im......
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