Court Opinion

ID: 6094823
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 20:18:37.627659+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:52:41.072283
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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dora Irizarry, J.), rendered March 25, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
Based on our review of all of the information that was before the issuing court, we find that the search warrant was based on probable cause (see People v Elwell, 50 NY2d 231, 236 [1980]). The confidential informant, who appeared before the issuing court, was reliable and provided trustworthy, current information based on personal knowledge. Concur — Buckley, P.J., Mazzarelli, Ellerin, Williams and Gonzalez, JJ.