People v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Brown, J.
On this appeal, defendant challenges, inter alia, the denial, after a hearing, of his motion to suppress certain physical evidence (i.e., $3,700 in marked bills) recovered during a search of his person incident to a warrantless — and it is argued, unlawful — arrest.
*304The only witness called at the suppression hearing was Detective Albert Coletto, who at the time of the arrest was assigned to the Long Island Task Force of the Drug Enforcement Administration. He testified that, on January 23, 1980, as part of an undercover buy-and-bust operation, he had followed a…
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