Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The motion court properly concluded that the search of the cigarette box was proper as incident to the lawful arrest since it was conducted immediately after defendant's arrest at a time when the property had not been reduced to the exclusive control of the police (see, People v Wylie,
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