People v. Lipsey

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Fisch, J.), rendered January 17, 1996, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a prison term of 1 year, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The record supports the court’s credibility determinations. There was reasonable suspicion to pursue defendant where, within minutes of receiving a transmission of an African-American man wearing a beige jacket and carrying a gun, the officers encountered defendant, who matched the…