On June 21, 1987, at the Sheraton City Squire Hotel in Manhattan, defendant ransacked a hotel room and stole an alarm clock. Defendant was apprehended soon thereafter and was found in possession of the clock. According to defendant, who was dressed as a security guard although no longer employed in that capacity, he had entered the hotel merely to find food and lodging, and was innocent of burglary.
The central issue on appeal is the motion court's denial of
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