Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. On appeal, defendant contends that when the police discovered drugs by opening a brown paper bag that had fallen from his clothing during a strip search in a bathroom at the precinct, they were conducting an unlawful warrantless search of a closed container. This claim is unpreserved because it was not raised at the hearing and because, contrary to defendant's assertion on appeal, the court made no express ruling on this...
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