Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Mathis, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-03-03
Citations: 118 A.D.2d 594
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Charles Mathis, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 594–595

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Charles Mathis, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Vogt, J.), rendered December 9, 1981, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The County Court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress certain drugs found on the front seat of the car in which defendant was sitting. Under the circumstances of this case, the officers had a reasonable suspicion that defendant had committed a crime, and therefore were authorized to forcibly stop and detain defendant (see, People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210, 223). Accordingly, the drugs, which were in plain view on the front seat of the car, were properly admitted into evidence (see, People v Allende, 39 NY2d 474, 477). We have considered defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit. Lazer, J. P., Bracken, Niehoff and Kooper, JJ., concur.