People v. Morton

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Drago, J.), rendered June 24, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Upon being advised that two men were brandishing guns in a parking lot, the police department dispatched patrol officers to the scene. The officers ultimately discovered two handguns in a van in which defendant was a passenger. In a six-count indictment, he was charged with various degrees of criminal possession of a weapon. On defendant’s motion, a suppression hearing was…