People v. Chavis

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), rendered December 22, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The reliability of the confidential informant and the basis of his knowledge were established (see People v Griminger, 71 NY2d 635 [1988]; People v Hines, 262…