The cocaine found in the livery cab defendants occupied was properly suppressed because after the police removed defendants from the vehicle, the police lacked a sufficient predicate for the search of the vehicle (People v Torres,
While the People sufficiently complied with CPL 450.50, their otherwise dilatory action in taking two and one half years to perfect this appeal is noteworthy (see,
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