Loughlin v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Stolz, J.), rendered July 2, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled *496substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of three years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. In an area known for drug activity, a police officer trained and experienced in the detection of narcotics transactions observed defendant, whom the officer had previously arrested for a drug sale, make a hand gesture to another man.…