People v. Blanding

Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles J. Tejada, J., at suppression hearing; Roger S. Hayes, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered June 23, 2006, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of four years, held in abeyance, and the matter remitted to Supreme Court to make new findings with respect to the probable cause issue based upon the evidence presented at the suppression hearing.

During a buy and bust operation, a ghost undercover detective issued a radio…