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PEOPLE v. KETCHAM

93 N.Y.2d 416 (1999)

712 N.E.2d 1238

690 N.Y.S.2d 874

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM KETCHAM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Svetlana M. Kornfeind, New York City, and M. Sue Wycoff for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Michael A. Morelli and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

This "buy and bust" case, focusing on communications from the "ghost" undercover officer to the arresting officer, tests the sufficiency of the People's evidence to establish probable cause for the warrantless arrest of defendant. We conclude that the evidence is sufficient, and therefore affirm the Appellate Division order upholding defendant's conviction.

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