People v. Castro

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J., at suppression hearing; Carol Berkman, J., at trial and sentence), rendered March 2, 1982, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of 2V2 to 5 years’ imprisonment, affirmed.

The facts are set forth in the dissent. As the dissent concedes, the initial stop was justified as well as the questioning of the driver of the vehicle. The defendant was one of the passengers. (See, People v McLaurin, 120 AD2d…