Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, plea vacated, motion to suppress granted and matter remitted to Jefferson County Court for further proceedings on indictment.
Memorandum:
The search of defendant's vehicle was not a valid inventory search because the police failed to generate a meaningful inventory of the vehicle's contents and allowed the officer conducting the search undue discretion (see, People v Galak,
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