People v. Johnson

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), entered on or about December 21, 2000, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress certain physical evidence and a statement made to the police, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion to suppress denied and the matter remanded for farther proceedings.

The Supreme Court erred in granting defendant’s suppression motion inasmuch as defendant’s vehicle was properly stopped by the police after speeding and driving recklessly and the subject gun was properly recovered from the vehicle’s glove *282compartment as part of a valid preliminary…