People v. Johnson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome *871County (Monserrate, J.), rendered December 29, 1989, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

On February 21, 1989, State Trooper Steven Greene was called to the Del Motel on Route 11 in the Town of Kirkwood, Broome County, to investigate a complaint by the motel manager, Shirley Fitch, that there were several individuals in one of the rooms who did not belong there. Specifically, room No. 15 had been rented for one week at a single occupancy rate by a…