People v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered May 10, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and 1 to 3 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. An officer observed defendant, in a drug-prone neighborhood, converse with the codefendant, and then saw the codefendant leave the area only to return a few minutes later with a package, which he handed to defendant in exchange…