PEOPLE v. RIOS


171 A.D.2d 582 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Rios, Also Known as Robert Malietz, Appellant

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

March 26, 1991


Defendant was arrested for selling $20 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer. The officer testified at trial that she observed the defendant take the drugs from a bag, which he stashed underneath the front bumper of a yellow car. The backup arresting officer seized $20 in prerecorded buy money from defendant's person, and recovered five additional packets of cocaine from under the bumper of the yellow car.

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