People v. Robinson

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Straus, J., at hearing; Gerald Sheindlin, J., at plea and sentence), rendered June 4, 1998, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 year, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. While patrolling in an area with a very high incidence of cab robberies, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the police observed defendant hail a cab and then lean against the opened back door and *324engage in a heated argument with the driver. Defendant then pushed off the cab…