PEOPLE v. PURDIE

2017-03561, Ind. No. 10380/15.

175 A.D.3d 1565 (2019)

109 N.Y.S.3d 355

2019 NY Slip Op 06804

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eugene Purdie, Appellant.

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

Decided September 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure , New York, NY (White & Case LLP [ Paul B. Carberry and Isaac S. Glassman ], of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

John M. Ryan , Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( John M. Castellano , Johnnette Traill , William H. Branigan , and Vinnette K. Campbell of counsel), for respondent.

Balkin, J.P., Chambers, Leventhal and LaSalle, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On June 23, 2015, an undercover police officer radioed a back-up team after observing the defendant dismount from a bicycle he was riding, remove a black plastic bag hanging from the handlebars, tie the bag to a nearby fence, and proceed to smoke what smelled like a marijuana cigarette with another male. When a detective from the back-up team removed the bag from the fence, he felt...

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