People v. Taylor

Appeal from judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (A. M. Meyers, J., at trial; H. Altman, J., on motion to suppress) rendered June 4, 1981 convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree held in abeyance and the matter remanded to the Trial Judge for the purpose of conducting a hearing on the motion to suppress physical evidence. Defendant was arrested in an apartment entered by the police. At trial, the arresting officer testified that as he entered the apartment he saw a gun protruding from the rear right pocket of defendant’s jeans. Defendant, who also…