People v. Muhammed

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J., at hearing; Bonnie Wittner, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered December 13, 1999, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a term of 21/2 to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

As part of defendant’s omnibus pretrial motions, he sought suppression on Mapp /Dunaway grounds and specifically requested a hearing in that regard. The request was denied twice. However, this Court found that in view of the quantum of information available to…