People v. Auslander

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered July 15, 2016, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly determined that probable cause existed for the issuance of the search warrants at issue. Although defendant challenges the proof of the reliability of the registered confidential informant, the warrant affidavit satisfied the requirement of a “minimum, reasonable showing that the informant was reliable” (People v…