People v. Moolenaar

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered August 11, 1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the. crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (two counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree (two counts). On this appeal, defendant’s principal contention concerns a statement made by a police officer while testifying at the trial. When asked by the prosecutor what he meant when he stated that he patted defendant down for…