People v. Edey

—Rose, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered April 9, 2001, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

The charges against defendant arose out of a police officer’s *759discovery of crack cocaine and heroin in the trunk of a stolen car that was in the possession of defendant and Tyree Vance. Although found not guilty on two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, defendant was convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance in…