People v. Alston

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered April 23, 1990, upon a verdict *884convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

Defendant questions the propriety of police conduct leading to his arrest on narcotics charges. Testimony adduced at the suppression hearing established that on September 21, 1989, the police received phone tips from two different informants regarding drug sales in Columbia Park, an area in the City of…