People v. Church

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered May 22, 1990, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and sentencing him to a term of 3 years to life imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly denied the motion to suppress the physical evidence. The Amtrak investigator’s approach to defendant was justified as a request for information (People v Hollman, 79 NY2d 181). Defendant and his companions rushed into the concourse area of the train station and pushed their way into a ticket…