People v. Ortiz

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered April 18, 1990, convicting defendant, upon jury verdict, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

As defendant failed to raise any argument before the hearing court alleging impropriety in the search of closed containers recovered from defendant’s person incident to his arrest, he has failed to preserve the issue and to provide an adequate record for appellate review on the merits (People v…