People v. Whitfield

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the motion to suppress denied and the matter remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings on the indictment.

The hearing court erred in finding that defendant had standing to seek suppression of physical evidence seized at the time of arrest.

Defendant was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees and criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree. The charges arose from the arrest of defendant and a companion at the Port…