People v. Prochilo

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 25, 1975, which convicted him, upon his plea of guilty, of possession of a weapon (as a class E felony); the appeal brings up for review the denial of defendant’s motion to suppress the said weapon. We affirm.

The record discloses that while his partners (dressed in civilian clothes) were engaged in questioning persons in a high-crime area in Brooklyn, the arresting officer observed the defendant, who was dressed in tight-fitting clothes made from banlon, standing on the sidewalk near the…