People v. Hanson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael A. Fiechter, J.

*933After the defendant’s street encounter with a police officer resulting in a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree — metal knuckles, defendant moved to suppress the weapon as having been obtained in violation of his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, § 12 of the Constitution of the State of New York. After hearing, the court denies the defendant’s motion and holds that, in this case, to prevent the imminent outbreak of violence, the search of the defendant in lieu of lawful…