People v. Price

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbing the court’s credibility determinations, which are supported by the record (see People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761 [1977]). The officer had reasonable suspicion to frisk defendant during a lawful traffic stop, where the officer observed a large bulge in defendant’s pocket and defendant repeatedly disregarded the officer’s requests that he keep his hands away from the bulge (see People v Mims, 32 AD3d 800 [2006]; People v Fludd, 20 AD3d 351 [2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 852 [2005]; see also People v Moret,…