People v. Majors

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ellen M. Yacknin, J.

Introduction

Defendant Alton Majors is charged with the misdemeanor of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree pursuant to Penal Law § 220.03. Specifically, defendant is charged with possession of crack cocaine that was found in the car in which defendant had been sitting on October 25, 2006.

At defendant’s request, a probable cause hearing was held on January 8, 2007 to determine whether there was a constitutionally permissible basis to search the car and probable cause for defendant’s subsequent arrest. (See Mapp v Ohio, 367…