People v. Mikolasko

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Coutant, J.), rendered August 15, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of burglary in the second degree (four counts), criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree and grand larceny in the third degree (two counts).

As a result of information obtained through the use of a *761confidential informant equipped with a device to record conversations between the informant and defendant, a search warrant was issued authorizing the search of premises…