People v. Joseph

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J., at Darden hearing; Robert M. Stolz, J., at suppression hearing; Michael R. Sonberg, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered February 8, 2012, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second drug felony offender, to a term of six years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. Drug enforcement task force officers received information from a confidential informant, who testified at a hearing pursuant to People v Darden (34 NY2d 177…