PEOPLE v. GETHERS


86 N.Y.2d 159 (1995)

654 N.E.2d 102

630 N.Y.S.2d 281

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vincent Gethers, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Joseph J. Dawson and Norman Barclay of counsel), for appellant.

Kannan Sundaram, New York City, and Daniel L. Greenberg for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH and CIPARICK concur.


LEVINE, J.

After purchasing cocaine during a "buy and bust" operation in Manhattan, undercover Detective Elizabeth Rye transmitted a description of the two sellers to an Officer Bell who located and arrested defendant and another man. Immediately after the arrest, Bell walked the two men to a street corner where defendant's identity as one of the sellers was confirmed in a drive-by identification by Detective...

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