New York Supreme Court September 5, 2007 (People v. Snipe)

*572OPINION OF THE COURT

Ralph Fabrizio, J.

The main issue in this case is whether the People established that the consent given by the defendant’s mother to search a locked hallway closet in an apartment she shared with the defendant, her adult son, was valid. The defendant is charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 265.