People v. Minaya

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), entered on or about March 7, 1997, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence, reversed, on the law and the facts, the motion denied and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

Police Officer Polotaye testified that at about 1:10 a.m. on Saturday, October 21, 1995, he and his partner, Police Officer Michael Carinha, were on routine motor patrol in a marked vehicle. As they drove north on Sheridan Avenue near the intersection of 164th Street, Polotaye saw several people in the lobby of an apartment building at…