People v. Ward

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Clyne, J.), rendered January 26,1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh *562degree. Defendant was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law, § 220.16, subds 1,12). The facts are fully set forth in this court’s decision affirming the conviction of codefendant Roosevelt Cobb (see People v Cobb, 98 AD2d 906). Following a suppression hearing, the trial court ruled, inter alia, that the police had…