People v. Petti

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belfi, J.), rendered March 22, 1990, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence and certain noncustodial statements to the police.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In the early morning hours on March 19, 1988, the police observed a Cadillac in a parking lot with its engine running for…