People v. Cea

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J., at motion; Harold Silverman, J., at nonjury trial and sentence), rendered July 12, 2002, convicting defendants of promoting gambling in the second degree and possession of gambling records in the second degree and sentencing each defendant to an aggregate fine of $1,000, unanimously affirmed.

Defendants’ motion to controvert the warrant was properly denied. The supporting affidavit, which was submitted by a detective with extensive experience with gambling operations (see People v Valentine, 17 NY2d 128, 132 [1966]), established probable…