People v. Willoughby

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael A. Gary, J.

Defendants Michael Willoughby, Edward Guest and William Johnson are charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law § 220.03), a class A misdemeanor. The information alleges that all three occupied a motor vehicle when the deponent police officer observed *1015defendant William Johnson throw a paper bag from the car to the ground. This paper bag was subsequently found to contain 31 vials of cocaine.

Defendant William Johnson moves in his omnibus motion for suppression of the physical evidence recovered and the…