People v. Morales

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy A. Cropper, J.), entered January 10, 1986, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress a loaded .38 caliber revolver and defendant’s statements made to the police, is reversed, on the law and on the facts, motion is denied, and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.

On August 3, 1982, New York City Police Detective Joseph Carrano (Detective Carrano) arrested defendant. Thereafter, by a 1982 indictment, a New York County Grand Jury charged defendant with two counts of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal…