PEOPLE v. JAMES


138 Misc.2d 920 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Samuel James, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

March 9, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pam B. Jackman-Brown for defendant. Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Ephraim W. Shaban of counsel), for plaintiff.


MARTIN G. KAROPKIN, J.

The defendant's motion to dismiss the accusatory instrument on the grounds of legal insufficiency is hereby granted.

The defendant is charged with Penal Law § 220.03, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. Recently, the criminal courts have differed over whether a laboratory finding of "residue" is sufficient to sustain this charge.

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