People v. Merejildo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J., at hearing; Laura Visitacion-Lewis, J., at plea and sentence), rendered February 2, 2000, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 8 years to life and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The suppression court properly concluded that the full factual predicate for the warrantless search at issue could not be disclosed without jeopardizing the confidential…