People v. Diaz

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.), rendered April 22, 1992, which convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s contention, the suppression court properly found that the warrantless search of his vehicle was permissible. First, the initial stop of the vehicle was lawful since the police officers observed defendant commit a traffic infraction (People v Ingle, 36 NY2d 413). Further, the…