People v. Randall

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uvil-ler, J., at suppression hearing; Laura A. Ward, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered January 14, 2013, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in .the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. We conclude that an officer’s removal of a knife from defendant’s pocket was within the scope of lawful police conduct under the principle articulated in People v Miranda (19 NY3d 912 [2012]). When the…