People v. Murray

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.), rendered October 18, 1996, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and resisting arrest, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During an encounter with the police, the defendant dropped a bag later determined to contain 1100 milligrams of cocaine. The defendant moved to…