PEOPLE v. DE SANTIS


46 N.Y.2d 82 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James L. De Santis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Mahoney for appellant.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (Judith Blake Manzella of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN and GABRIELLI concur with Judge COOKE; Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judges JONES and FUCHSBERG concur.


COOKE, J.

Defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law, § 220.18, subd 3) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law, § 220.09, subd 10). Among several grounds urged for reversal, it is argued that the determination of the Supreme Court in United States v Chadwick

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