People v. Bullock

The defendant’s contention in his pro se supplemental brief that the police found narcotics on his person as the result of an illegal warrantless “strip search” is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Wellington, 84 AD3d 984, 985 [2011]; People v Fleming, 65 AD3d 702 [2009]; People v Garcia, 284 AD2d 106 [2001]). The defendant’s failure to raise and litigate the issue during the pretrial suppression hearing, and not a failure of proof by the People, resulted in evidence of the legality of the search remaining undeveloped and unaddressed (see People v Cabrera, 61 AD3d 884 [2009]).

The…