People v. Weeks

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Monserrate, J.), rendered April 22, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

The issue on appeal here is whether defendant had standing to suppress evidence, packages of cocaine, that resulted in his indictment. The packages were found by Binghamton Police Officer Michael O’Day, who began following defendant while acting on a radio transmission from his patrol car that a possible…