PEOPLE v. ORTEGA


40 A.D.3d 394 (2007)

836 N.Y.S.2d 144

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CESAR ORTEGA, Also Known as CARLOS BENCOSME, Appellant.

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

Decided May 17, 2007.


In 1992, the court denied defendant's suppression motion after a hearing. Defendant pleaded guilty in 1993, and absconded while awaiting sentencing. Meanwhile, the officers who testified at the hearing were implicated in an investigation of corruption involving the 30th Precinct. One officer was convicted of perjury, and the other dismissed from the Police Department for making false statements.

Initially, we reject the arguments raised on defendant's direct appeal...

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