People v. McKinney

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), rendered December 18, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of 3V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The motion court properly denied defendant’s request for a Mapp / Dunaway hearing. Defendant received specific information about the basis for his arrest, including that a police officer observed him holding what appeared to be a bag of marijuana in public view. Accordingly, defendant’s…