People v. Alvarez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J., at suppression hearing; Bonnie Wittner, J, at jury trial and sentence), rendered April 12, 2002, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The police had reasonable suspicion justifying their gunpoint detention and patdown search of defendant. To the extent that the police relied on…