PEOPLE v. BRITO


244 A.D.2d 631 (1997)

664 N.Y.S.2d 142

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bartolome Brito, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 6, 1997


White, J.

We affirm defendant's conviction of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree that arose from a consensual search of his validly stopped motor vehicle, which search revealed a quantity of cocaine that was secreted in a hidden compartment located behind the vehicle's rear seat. In our view, the State Trooper's knowledge that defendant was 19 years of age, together with his observation of an open and partially...

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