PEOPLE v. CANNISTRA


60 Misc.2d 559 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Stephen Cannistra, Defendant.

District Court of Suffolk County, Fourth District.

May 21, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Dounias, Town Attorney, for plaintiff. Harry Rosenberg for defendant.


JOHN COPERTINO, J.

At 1:00 P.M. on October 15, 1968, the defendant appeared at a landfill site maintained by the Town of Smithtown on the north side of Jericho Turnpike and Montclair Avenue in the Town of Smithtown, driving a black Ford Diesel sanitation truck bearing the colors of J & S Sanitation.

The defendant unceremoniously proceeded to unburden the truck of its load — garbage, euphemistically referred to as "refuse" by the sensitive...

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