People v. Ramos

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Corriere, J., at suppression hearing; Renee White, J., at plea and sentence), rendered September 4, 2001, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. There was probable cause to arrest defendant when, in an area with a high incidence of narcotics trafficking, an experienced narcotics officer observed a person speak on a walkie-talkie, approach…