PEOPLE v. McDONALD


85 Misc.2d 179 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Deborah McDonald, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

January 28, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Domanti for defendant. Sterling Johnson, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney (David Pincus of counsel), for plaintiff.


WALTER T. GORMAN, J.

This court must decide whether the observation through binoculars by an experienced and expert narcotics police officer of exchanges of glassine envelopes for money, in an area saturated with drug traffic, constitutes probable cause to search the suspected seller.

The defendant was charged with the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree. A hearing...

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