People v. Feliz

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), entered on or about June 26, 2006, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence and statements, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion denied, and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

In a crime-prone area at night, police officers saw defendant running and repeatedly adjusting what appeared to be a large hard object at his waistband, suggestive of a firearm. These observations justified, at least, a common-law inquiry (see e.g. Matter of Jamaal C., 19 AD3d 144, 145 [2005]), and the record does…