People v. Curtis

*317Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael R. Ambrecht, J., at hearing; Daniel E FitzGerald, J., at plea and sentence) rendered October 16, 2003, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The police had reasonable suspicion to pursue defendant based upon his sudden, unprovoked flight from a lawfully stopped vehicle, shortly after the driver, upon the approach of the police, had made a…