People v. Clemente

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered December 19, 1988, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to five years probation, unanimously affirmed.

The stop of the vehicle in which defendant was a passenger was justified by the police officer’s observation of a defective headlight (see, People v Woods, 189 AD2d 838). After stopping the vehicle, the officer observed defendant, who was seated in the rear seat, pushing an object from his waistband into his pants, which justified the…