PEOPLE v. DENT

Nos. 7365, 2679/09.

94 A.D.3d 536 (2012)

941 N.Y.S.2d 625

2012 NY Slip Op 2775

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN DENT, Appellant.

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

Decided April 12, 2012.


The hearing court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the cocaine recovered from his person. The court found that defendant's resemblance to a person depicted in a wanted poster was "uncanny," even though defendant turned out not to be that person. The record establishes that the closeness of the resemblance outweighed other factors such as a height difference between defendant and the person in the wanted poster, and the lack of spatial or temporal proximity to...

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