Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tony Hill, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-09-16
Citations: 196 A.D.2d 722
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tony Hill, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 196
Pages: 722–722

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tony Hill, Appellant.
[603 NYS2d 720]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered October 15, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 years to life imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.
The testimony of the arresting police officer that he believed defendant possessed a gun, and that he continued to believe such after frisking defendant, is not incredible and does not warrant disturbing the suppression court's findings of credibility (see, People v Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86, 88). Nor do we find defendant's bargained-for sentence to be unduly harsh. Concur —Rosenberger, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Rubin, JJ.