People v. Corbin

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Sheridan, J.), entered on or about April 10, 1992, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress a gun found in the trunk of his car, unanimously affirmed.

Police stopped defendant’s car on the basis of its similarity to a car described minutes before in a radio report of shots fired. The hearing court ruled, after weighing the sharply conflicting testimony of the police and defense witnesses at the suppression hearing with respect to the defendant’s alleged voluntary consent to search his car, that the People had failed to meet their " 'heavy…