People v. Gonzalez

Mercure, J.P.

Defendant was arrested after he approached a confidential informant, who was fitted with a wire as part of an investigation being conducted by the City of Schenectady Police Department, and asked, “what do you need? I can get you whatever you need.” He was transported to the police station, where he was required to remove his clothes. He was then repeatedly ordered to bend over and spread the cheeks of his buttocks. Defendant eventually complied and police investigators spotted a small plastic bag, later determined to contain cocaine, protruding out of his rectum.

Defendant was…