PEOPLE v. ALACANTAR


183 A.D.2d 579 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nelson Alacantar, Appellant

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

May 21, 1992


Defendant and a cohort were arrested for drug trafficking after surveillance by two police officers over a 20-minute period. Officer Trabucca observed three transactions at about the midnight hour, through binoculars, from an apartment window about 35 to 40 feet away. When the officers closed in on defendant, he fled into a nearby basement apartment, where he was apprehended in the act of stowing a cloth bag later determined to contain money and narcotic contraband.

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