People v. Hinkley

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Dwyer, Jr., J.), rendered June 30, 1986, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and bail jumping in the second degree.

The primary issue asserted by defendant on this appeal is that the seizure of the weapon which he ultimately pleaded guilty to illegally possessing was made as a result of an unconstitutional search of his vehicle. On March 31, 1986, a suppression hearing was held and extensive testimony was taken in attempting to establish, inter alia,…