People v. Anderson

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Breslin, J.), rendered June 14, 2012 in Albany County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

After a confidential informant (hereinafter Cl) notified the police that defendant had a gun and was in a green BMW at a certain location, the police began looking for that vehicle and defendant. One officer saw defendant in the green BMW and others followed the vehicle, but when they found it parked the driver had fled. The police determined that the unsecured vehicle needed to be…