People v. Ortiz

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1990-11-20

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OPINION OF THE COURT Kaye, J. During defendant’s trial on drug possession charges, a former client privately confessed to trial counsel that the drugs defendant was charged with having possessed were not defendant’s, but that he was the "owner and possessor of those drugs” and defendant "really had nothing to do with that.” In an effort to accommodate both individuals, trial counsel then put the former clien…

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