PEOPLE v. LIZZARRA


70 A.D.2d 572 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis Lizzarra, Appellant

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

May 31, 1979


Modified, on the law, to reverse conviction for possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, case remanded for a new trial on that count, and otherwise affirmed.

On March 24, 1976, Police Officer Keane, on a rooftop and equipped with high-powered binoculars, observed the defendant near the intersection of Prospect Avenue and 162nd Street. The officer, who knew the defendant from a prior incident, saw him talk to another person, walk to a garbage barrel...

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