Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ricky Faulkner, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-09-23
Citations: 264 A.D.2d 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ricky Faulkner, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 264
Pages: 641–641

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ricky Faulkner, Appellant.
[694 NYS2d 666]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Collins, J.), rendered July 2, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The undercover officer's radio transmission provided the backup team with probable cause to arrest defendant (see, People v Ketcham, 93 NY2d 416). The only reasonable interpretation, in context, of defendant's response to the undercover officer's inquiry about a brand of drugs was that defendant had such drugs in his possession and was offering them for sale. Concur — Rubin, J. P., Andrias, Saxe, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.