People v. Anderson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
There is no merit to the defendant’s claim that the Supreme Court erred in denying that branch of his omnibus motion which was to suppress the clear plastic bag of crack cocaine that he dropped in view of the arresting police officer and the money recovered from his person upon his arrest. We reject the defendant’s contention that it is implausible that a defendant would drop contraband in front of a police officer (see e.g. People v Berrios, 28 NY2d 361 [1971]; People v Sanchez, 248 AD2d 306 [1998]; People v Braxton, 214 AD2d 468, 469 [1995]; People v Cuevas, 203 AD2d 88, 89 [1994]; People v…
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