People v. Shaia

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Fertig, J.), rendered April 27, 1987, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third 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.

We agree with the Supreme Court that the police officer’s observations of the defendant’s conduct were sufficient to allow the police to approach the defendant…