People v. Pitman

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura Ward, J., at suppression hearing; Bruce Allen, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered June 2, 2011, as amended June 23, 2011, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of three years, unanimously affirmed.

*596The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress a pistol he discarded while fleeing from the police. Defendant’s flight, coupled with circumstances providing a founded suspicion of criminality, warranted police pursuit (see e.g. People v Pines, 281 AD2d 311 [1st…