People v. Strickland

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered on or about March 16, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 21/2 to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied in all respects. The police officers had reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, justifying their pursuit of defendant, since defendant and his two companions were the only people in the area where the police had just heard handgun…