People v. Major

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Micki Scherer, J., at hearing; Ira Beal, J., at plea; Charles Solomon, J., at sentence), rendered April 19, 2000, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. Defendant’s behavior matched the pattern of drug activity that *650the police had previously observed at the same drug-prone corner, particularly with respect to the type of packaging usually employed…