People v. Maye

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by granting defendant’s motion to suppress the cocaine recovered and remitting to County Court for farther proceedings in accordance with this memorandum and, as so modified, affirmed.

Defendant seeks suppression of evidence including cocaine found in a “baggie” during a manual body cavity search performed at a police station, without a warrant. The officer who carried out the search testified that he saw the “baggie” protruding from defendant’s rectum, and removed it. Since no exigent circumstances prevented…