Judgment, as amended, reversed, on the law, motion to suppress granted and case remitted to Criminal Term for further proceedings. Following a sale of a substance, thought to be cocaine, by defendant to an undercover officer in defendant's home on June 21, 1977, the police decided to enter the apartment, arrest defendant and "secure" the premises before obtaining a search warrant.
At the suppression hearing, a police officer testified that this decision to proceed...
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