People v Martin, 2018 NY Slip Op 09005 [167 AD3d 531]

December 27, 2018

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Charles Martin, Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Samuel Z. Goldfine of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juan M. Merchan, J.), rendered April 21, 2016, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 1/2 years, unanimously affirmed.

Based on our in camera review of the minutes of a hearing conducted pursuant to People v Darden (34 NY2d 177 [1974]), we find no basis for suppression. Probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant was established through police-supervised drug purchases made by a reliable confidential informant.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur—Acosta, P.J., Gische, Mazzarelli, Webber, Oing, JJ..