People v. Hopper

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (George, J.), rendered September 13, 1988, convicting him of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon his plea of a guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the hearing court erred in declining to suppress the gun which the police recovered during a stop and frisk. We disagree.

A police officer is authorized to stop and detain a person if the officer entertains a reasonable suspicion that the person is engaged in criminal activity, and to…