People v. Easton

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice K. Shea, J.), entered July 18, 1991, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress cocaine found in a bag dropped by defendant as he fled from the police as well as an exculpatory statement made by him after his apprehension, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion is denied and the matter is remanded to Trial Term for further proceedings.

It is undisputed that shortly after noon on December 20, 1990, Police Officer Peter Webber, who was attached to the Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit and had made 75 to 100 prior narcotics arrests, was…