People v. Caray

Orders, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira R. Globerman, J.), entered July 29 and September 4, 1992, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress a shotgun recovered from the vehicle he drove, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, the motion denied, and the indictment reinstated.

The IAS Court erred in suppressing the shotgun, since the police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant due to the missing car door lock and the defendant’s slow driving in the left traffic lane (People v Johnson, 56 AD2d 661; People v Chestnut, 36 NY2d 971). The IAS Court’s reliance on People v Elam (179…