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PEOPLE v. STOKES

57 A.D.2d 797 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Robert Stokes, Respondent

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

May 19, 1977

Findings of fact inconsistent herewith are reversed. A police officer saw glassine envelopes fall from the vicinity of defendant's hand to the ground close to defendant's feet at a time when the nearest other person was five feet away from the defendant. The glassine envelopes were a "telltale sign of heroin." (People v Corrado, 22 N.Y.2d 308, 313; see, also, People v Alexander, 37 N.Y.2d 202

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