People v. Giraldo

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered February 24, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of conspiracy in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 8V3 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence acquired from eavesdropping was properly denied. We conclude that there was ample probable cause for the issuance of the warrant in question. The telephones and beeper of a senior manager of a major drug operation were targeted on the basis of information provided to a confidential informant, whose own reliability is…