Legal Opinion

People v. Henderson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 28, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee A. White, J., at hearing; Lewis Bart Stone, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered June 25, 2009, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The police officers had a reasonable, objective basis for concluding that the object they saw in defendant’s waistband was a pistol. The officers saw a bulge, which they described in detail. Although the officers did not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. In re George G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. People v. QuanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. FletcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. People v. ClermontAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. FletcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. FletcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. FletcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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