Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ramon Matos, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-03-09
Citations: 191 A.D.2d 232
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ramon Matos, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ramon Matos, Appellant.
[594 NYS2d 256]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard Fried, J.), rendered May 22, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 Vi to 3 years, unanimously affirmed. The case is remitted for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
The officer, recognizing the triangular container defendant was carrying as a type in which new handguns are packaged, reasonably suspected that defendant possessed a handgun (see, People v Martinez, 80 NY2d 444). Inasmuch as the pursuit of defendant was justified, defendant's abandonment of the box was not precipitated by any illegal police conduct (People v Leung, 68 NY2d 734, 736-737). Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Kupferman, Ross and Kassal, JJ.