People v. Loretta

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael R. Sonberg, J.), rendered September 23, 2010, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him to a conditional discharge, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. In a drug-prone neighborhood, the arresting detective saw defendant place what appeared to be an aluminum foil object, consistent with drug packaging, in his shirt pocket. With two other officers standing on either side of defendant, the detective approached…