Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Benigno Soto, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-04-15
Citations: 260 A.D.2d 235
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benigno Soto, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 235–235

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benigno Soto, Appellant.
[686 NYS2d 704]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J., at suppression hearing; David Stadtmauer, J., at plea and sentence), rendered April 2, 1997, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The radioed description, including height, weight and colors of clothing, was sufficiently specific given the close temporal and spatial proximity of the drug sale to the arrest, and the arresting officer's testimony was sufficient to permit the court to make an independent finding of probable cause, even without actual testimony that defendant met the description (see, People v Martinez, 245 AD2d 185, Iv denied 91 NY2d 975; People v Vinniane, 242 AD2d 464, Iv denied 91 NY2d 882). We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.