People v. Marte

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J., on motions; Rena K. Uviller, J., at plea and sentence), rendered September 21, 2005, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to a term of five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion without granting a hearing. Defendant’s vague and conclusory submission was insufficient either to raise a claim that he discarded the drugs at issue as a reaction to unlawful police conduct or to advance any other basis for…