Legal Opinion

People v. Smith

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

Decided October 15, 2009PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell Wiley, J., at suppression hearing; Ruth Pickholz, J., at plea and sentence), rendered May 28, 2008, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of seven years, unanimously affirmed.

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]). After observing the driver commit a traffic…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BadgerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. YoumansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Costello v. MilanoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014

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