PEOPLE v. GREEN


35 N.Y.2d 437 (1974)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dwight Green, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Neustadter and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Richard H. Kuh, District Attorney (Steven R. Kartagener, Lewis R. Friedman and Alan Kovacs of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur with Chief Judge BREITEL; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge GABRIELLI concurs.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

Defendant appeals from a conviction, after a jury trial, for felonious possession of dangerous drugs, and a sentence of five years' probation.

The case was closely contested, defendant testifying in his own behalf. The primary evidentiary issue turned on a police officer's identification of defendant, previously unknown to him, as the person who threw a paper bag containing 56 glassine...

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