People v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

A plainclothes detective observed defendant purchase a pistol holster at a 42nd Street novelty shop in Manhattan. When defendant left the shop, the officer approached him, identified himself and displayed his shield. When asked if he had a gun, defendant responded in the negative. The officer then ordered defendant to open his coat. After doing so, defendant offered to open his vest beneath his coat, at which point the officer observed the handle of a .22-caliber pistol in his vest pocket and then seized the…