People v. Byrd

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J., at hearing; William Wetzel, J., at plea and sentence), rendered July 19, 2000, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of six years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The presence of a weapon was strongly suggested by a large bulge in defendant’s waistband area, coupled with the fact that defendant was walking with his hand in his waistband over the bulge (see People v Arps,…