People v. Robbins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Robbins

196 A.D.2d 699, 601 N.Y.S.2d 617, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8405

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedSeptember 9, 1993

StatusPublished

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People v. Robbins, 196 A.D.2d 699, 601 N.Y.S.2d 617, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8405 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1993).

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. Sheridan, J.), rendered May 13, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2Vi to 5 years, affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress the cocaine was properly denied since his discarding of it during the chase was not precipitated by illegal police conduct (People v Leung, 68 NY2d 734, 736). The stop of the cab in which defendant was a passenger was justified by the officers’ observation that the cab’s brake lights were not functioning (People v Ingle, 36 NY2d 413), and pursuit of the defendant justified by his precipitate flight, hand motion grabbing at his waistband, and glances over his shoulder, all of which gave rise to a reason[700]*700able suspicion that defendant had committed or was about to commit a crime (see, People u Martinez, 80 NY2d 444). Accordingly, the pursuit by the officers was justified and defendant’s abandonment of the contraband during the chase was not in response to unlawful police conduct (see, People v Matienzo, 81 NY2d 778). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Kupferman, Ross and Asch, JJ.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. Sheridan, J.), rendered May 13, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2Vi to 5 years, affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress the cocaine was properly denied since his discarding of it during the chase was not precipitated by illegal police conduct (People v Leung, 68 NY2d 734, 736). The stop of the cab in which defendant was a passenger was justified by the officers’ observation that the cab’s brake lights were not functioning (People v Ingle, 36 NY2d 413), and pursuit of the defendant justified by his precipitate flight, hand motion grabbing at his waistband, and glances over his shoulder, all of which gave rise to a reason[700]*700able suspicion that defendant had committed or was about to commit a crime (see, People u Martinez, 80 NY2d 444). Accordingly, the pursuit by the officers was justified and defendant’s abandonment of the contraband during the chase was not in response to unlawful police conduct (see, People v Matienzo, 81 NY2d 778). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Kupferman, Ross and Asch, JJ.

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