People v. Severino

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), rendered August 5, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of the defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence is granted, and the indictment is dismissed.

Cont…