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People v. Martin

240 A.D.2d 295 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1997-06-19 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leon Martin, Also Known as Phillip Ladson, Appellant.
[659 NYS2d 746]

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J., at Mapp hearing; Patricia Williams, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered June 23, 1995, convicting defendant of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of 6 months and 8 months, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. We see

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no reason to disturb the hearing court’s crediting of the officer’s testimony (see, People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759 , 761). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Ellerin, Williams and Colabella, JJ.