PEOPLE v. BLAIR


90 N.Y.2d 1003 (1997)

688 N.E.2d 503

665 N.Y.S.2d 629

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyrell Blair, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lewis, Sleepy Hollow, for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (David S. Kwon and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, and a new trial ordered on the narcotics-related charges.

At his jury trial for various drug-related crimes, defendant attempted to prove that the drugs found in his bedroom closet had been planted there by an informant who had helped the police secure the search warrant for his apartment. After the defense rested, the...

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