Criminal Court of the City of New York February 28, 2003 (People v. Butler)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Deborah Kaplan, J.

In this case, the court is called upon to decide whether the inside of a car parked on a Manhattan street constitutes a “public place” within the meaning of Penal Law § 221.10 (1) where the defendant makes several trips with other individu*229ais to the car and reaches through the window to the front passenger seat to a bag of marijuana.