People v. Thomas

Appeal by the People from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Hinrichs, J.), dated March 10, 2011, as, after a hearing, granted that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress a weapon.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress a weapon is denied, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings on the indictment.

After a traffic stop, the defendant was arrested when he exclaimed that he was in possession of drugs…