People v. St. Louis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (Lewis, J.), rendered October 4, 1990, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree.

Based primarily upon telephone conversations obtained by eavesdropping surveillance, defendant was indicted on various conspiracy and drug-related offenses. After a lengthy suppression hearing, and upon the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence derived from the eavesdropping, defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the…