People v. Fuente

In People v. Fuente (79 N.Y.2d 561, 594 N.E.2d 563, 584 N.Y.S.2d 282 [1992]), the Court found that Fuente was in constructive possession of drugs. There, cocaine was seized from a van occupied by two of Fuente's codefendants. The cocaine was seized in New York. Telephone conversations had been intercepted in which it was established that the cocaine was being transported at the direction of Fuente and was for Fuente's customers. Moreover, Fuente was in a car following closely behind the van from which the cocaine was seized and both cars had stopped together in a parking area a short distance from where the van was stopped.