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PEOPLE v. CAMACHO

47 A.D.2d 527 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Angelo Camacho, Appellant

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

January 6, 1975

Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and indictment dismissed.

When possession of contraband is the crime charged, the possession must be conclusively shown. "The crime of possessing dangerous drugs requires a physical or constructive possession with actual knowledge of the nature of the possessed substance" (People v. Reisman, 29 N.Y.2d 278, 285). From the actual or constructive possession, knowledge may be inferred...

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