Argued September 10, 1986 Decided October 14, 1986 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Alfred H. Kleiman, J. Oren Root, Jr., and Patrick M. Wall for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Jeffrey Scott Sarokin and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent. MEMORANDUM. The order of the Appellate Division should be modified to the extent of remitting the case to Supreme Court, New York County, for a hearing on the branch of defendant's
Jeremy Gutman, New York City, for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Ann Bordley and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent. OPINION CIPARICK, J. On May 5, 2005, defendant Lamont Beasley was arraigned on a felony complaint charging him with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and lesser offenses. The matter was presented to a grand jury and, on May 27, 2005, an indictment was filed and the People announced their readiness for trial. On June