Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the indictment is dismissed as to the defendant, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50. Issues of fact were not raised or considered.
The evidence failed to show that the defendant was either in actual or constructive possession of the cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia found in his friend's apartment by police officers executing a search warrant. The defendant was neither the lessee nor a resident of the apartment and, although he had slept on the front porch a few times, his mere presence in a room where the contraband was located is not sufficient to support his conviction of the crimes charged (see, People v Siplin, 29 N.Y.2d 841; People v Ortiz, 126 A.D.2d 677, lv denied 70 N.Y.2d 652; People v Vastola, 70 A.D.2d 918; Penal Law § 10.00). Mangano, J.P., Lawrence, Weinstein and Rubin, JJ., concur.