Case Name: In the Matter of Jesus Linares, Petitioner, v. William J. Bratton, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-05-07
Citations: 227 A.D.2d 169
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jesus Linares, Petitioner, v William J. Bratton, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 227
Pages: 169–170

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jesus Linares, Petitioner, v William J. Bratton, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
[642 NYS2d 17]

Opinion:
Determination of respondent Police Commissioner dated March 1, 1994, which revoked petitioner's pistol licenses, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by an order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Beverly Cohen, J.], entered March 13, 1995) dismissed, without costs.
Respondent's determination is supported by substantial evidence that petitioner displayed one of his guns to an individual in a threatening manner, carried a gun to work, and failed to secure his guns when at home. No basis exists to disturb the Hearing Officer's findings of credibility. License revocation is an appropriate punishment (see, Matter of Lipton v Ward, 116 AD2d 474, 476). Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Ross, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.