PEOPLE v. FREEMAN


41 A.D.2d 811 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Freeman, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 5, 1973


Defendant-appellant was caught, almost literally red-handed, by police while trying to stuff envelopes containing contraband drugs into the pocket of his neighbor at a bar. There was, however, no evidence except his proximity to the place of concealment to connect defendant with a cache of similar drugs beneath the bar rail, and that exhibit must be rejected as evidence. Since chemical analysis of the two separate packages was undifferentiated, it is not possible to tell...

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