People v. Pryor

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lawrence K. Marks, J.

This case presents the question of when the police, after stopping a car for a traffic infraction and then directing the motorist to step out of the car, are authorized to enter the car themselves to retrieve the vehicle paperwork.

Defendant, indicted for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and unlawful possession of marijuana, moves to suppress a firearm, firearm clip, bullets and marijuana recovered from the automobile he was driving. He also moves to suppress statements he made at the time of his arrest and later at the precinct. At…