People v. Lopez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard Lee Price, J.

That branch of defendant’s motion seeking to suppress evidence seized by the police is disposed of as follows:

By its decision in People v Ponder (54 NY2d 160 [1981]) the Court of Appeals abolished the concept of automatic standing for possessory offenses, declaring that in order to have stand*699ing a person would have to show an expectation of privacy in the area wherein the items sought to be suppressed were discovered. Subsequently by its decisions in People v Mosley (68 NY2d 881 [1986]) and People v Millan (69 NY2d 514 [1987]), it appeared to backtrack…