People v. Sturgis

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence seized from his car during the execution of a search warrant. Contrary to defendant’s assertion, the warrant application satisfied the Aguilar-Spinelli test for probable cause (see, Spinelli v United States, 393 US 410; Aguilar v Texas, 378 US 108; People v Hanlon, 36 NY2d 549). The applicant’s general statement that the informant’s reliability had been demonstrated in the past together with police confirmation of information supplied by the informant established the…