People v. Brenes

Fuchsberg J.

In April of 1972, Miguel Brenes became the subject of an eavesdropping order obtained by the New York City police in the course of its investigation of Brenes’ alleged narcotics violations. Upon the basis of the information garnered from the ^eavesdrop so undertaken, a search warrant was issued and executed. Brenes was thereafter arrested and indicted for narcotics violations. After denial of his motion to suppress the intercepted conversations, derivative physical evidence and inculpatory statements, he pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a dangerous drug in the first…