People v. Montague

Defendant was convicted upon Ms plea of guilty to the crime of possessing cigarettes containing cannabis (marihuana) (Penal Law, § 1751-a, subd. 1), which plea was entered after a pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence had been denied. This evidence (six marihuana cigarettes) was the product of a search of his person conducted by police officers pursuant to a warrant. It is now claimed' that the evidence presented to the Police Justice who issued the warrant was insufficient to enable him to determine the 1 ‘ reliability ’ ’ of the police informant upon whose statements the police…