People v. Mendez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Allen G. Alpert, J.), rendered January 7, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 2 Vs to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
The information contained in the officer’s affidavit for a search warrant of defendant’s residence was sufficient to warrant a reasonable belief that a gun would be found therein (CPL 690.40 [2]), including, among other things, that two identified informants had seen defendant at a specified location firing a gun, one of whom also saw…
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