Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gonzalo Nieves, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-03-07
Citations: 213 A.D.2d 182
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gonzalo Nieves, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 213
Pages: 182–182

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gonzalo Nieves, Appellant.
[623 NYS2d 559]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J., at suppression hearing; Jay Gold, J., at trial), rendered May 11, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Under the circumstances, where an undercover officer personally bought illegal drugs from defendant and then radioed a detailed description of defendant to other officers, including the arresting officer, who canvassed the area and arrested defendant soon thereafter within a block of the crime scene, and the undercover police officers then conducted a confirmatory drive-by, probable cause existed for the arrest, and suppression of physical evidence obtained from defendant after said arrest is unwarranted (see, People v Acevedo, 179 AD2d 465, lv denied 79 NY2d 996; People v Rivera, 209 AD2d 151). Concur—Kupferman, J. P., Ross, Asch, Nardelli and Mazzarelli. JJ.