People v. Prewitt

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Mullen, J.), rendered January 25, 1982, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review *552the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Judgment affirmed.

The .45 caliber pistol the defendant is charged with possessing was abandoned by the defendant prior to his arrest. That abandonment was not caused by any illegal or coercive police conduct,…