PEOPLE v. ORTIZ


143 A.D.2d 850 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Benny Ortiz, Appellant

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

October 17, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was one of three men arrested in a so-called "buy and bust" operation which netted a quantity of cocaine. The defendant's principal claim is that his arrest was unsupported by probable cause. The existence of probable cause depends upon whether it appeared more probable than not that a crime had been committed and that the defendant was one of the perpetrators (see...

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