Defendant was observed by a police officer handing vials to unidentified individuals in exchange for money and retrieving vials from a black bag placed in or under a bush on the public sidewalk next to a lighted lamp post. The police stopped defendant and minutes later the black bag was opened by the police and found to contain seven vials of crack.
The hearing court fully credited the testimony of the officer, but granted the motion to suppress, concluding that defendant...
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