Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Putnam County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
The defendant contends that he was unlawfully stopped and arrested and that the cocaine uncovered by the police searches as well as the oral and written statements he made to the police should have been suppressed as "fruits of the poisonous tree". We disagree.
It is well established that "[t]he determination...
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