PEOPLE v. HIGHTOWER

485 KA 21-00992.

207 A.D.3d 1199 (2022)

171 N.Y.S.3d 297

2022 NY Slip Op 04487

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Darren Hightower, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.

Decided July 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE ( THOMAS M. LEITH , OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK , DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE ( KAITLYN M. GUPTILL OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Present—Lindley, J.P., NeMoyer, Curran, Winslow and Bannister, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16[1]). We affirm.

We reject defendant's contention that County Court erred in refusing to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to search warrants for defendant's apartment and his motor vehicle. "[A] search...

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