People v. Garcia

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered April 24, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court correctly declined to suppress the physical evidence. The arresting officer’s observation of defendant immediately prior to defendant entering the taxicab, and conclusion that the package he carried appeared to contain a firearm, were sufficient to create a reasonable suspicion that defendant was…