Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kathy Hughes, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-08-15
Citations: 122 A.D.2d 892
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kathy Hughes, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 892–892

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kathy Hughes, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Doran, J.), rendered December 4, 1981, convicting her of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon her plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
The hearing court properly found that the police officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant. Moreover, the guns recovered from the defendant's pocketbook were properly seized pursuant to the lawful arrest (see, New York v Belton, 453 US 454, reh denied 453 US 950; Chimel v California, 395 US 752, reh denied 396 US 869). Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Brown and Weinstein, JJ., concur.