People v. Gales

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered May 28, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 5 years to life and 3 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. After defendant, a passenger, was properly requested to exit a livery cab during a proper traffic stop (see, People v Duncan, 234 AD2d 8), he rapidly moved toward one of the…