People v. Romero

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. Defendant’s arguments at the suppression hearing were insufficiently specific to preserve his present claim that the nontestifying observing officer’s communication to the arresting officer did not establish the basis of the observing officer’s knowledge *613that defendant sold drugs, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. We note that if defendant had raised the issue at the hearing, the record might have been developed further as to what the arresting officer understood the term “drug transaction” to signify (see People…