People v. Ellis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Greene County (Pulver, Jr., J.), rendered July 28, 1998, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

In December 1997, defendant was stopped by a State Trooper for driving in excess of the posted speed limit, and a subsequent search of defendant’s vehicle resulted in the seizure of a quantity of cocaine. As a consequence, defendant was arrested and ultimately indicted and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree. Following…