People v. Carver

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (James M. Kindler, J.), rendered March 20, 2014, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The police had probable cause to stop the car in which defendant was a passenger due to its loud muffler, which constituted a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The officer’s testimony was sufficient to support the inference that the muffler,…