PEOPLE v. STOKES


271 A.D.2d 237 (2000)

708 N.Y.S.2d 54

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVEN STOKES, Appellant.

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

Decided April 6, 2000.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. There was no requirement that the People produce the undercover drug purchaser at the suppression hearing in order to establish probable cause (People v Petralia, 62 N.Y.2d 47, 51-52, cert denied 469 U.S. 852). The apprehension team had probable cause to arrest defendant and his two cohorts based on the "ghost" officer's observation of defendant and his two companions in...

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