People v. Campbell

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered May 28, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 21/2 to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The record supports the court’s determination that, in the course of a valid traffic stop, defendant’s sudden placement of his hand behind his back was sufficiently suspicious to warrant the offi*397cer’s minimal intrusion (see, People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210,…