People v. Bramma

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lea Ruskin, J.

Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of marihuana on June 13, 1996, a violation of Penal Law § 221.05. A Mappl Huntley hearing was held before this court on December 11, 1996, to determine whether the marihuana seized from the defendant’s person and his subsequent oral statement should be suppressed as fruits of an illegal search.

At the hearing, there was only one witness, Detective John Hanrahan, the arresting officer. He testified, on direct examination, that the police were acting pursuant to a valid search warrant, issued on probable cause.1 The…