Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eugene Telfair, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-12-10
Citations: 256 A.D.2d 121
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eugene Telfair, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 121–121

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eugene Telfair, Appellant.
[681 NYS2d 755]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered March 13, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a determinate term of 5 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The record supports the court's finding that defendant voluntarily walked up to the unmarked police van, with a pistol in his waistband, the butt of which became clearly recognizable to the officer as defendant drew close to the van. This observation permitted the police to restrain defendant and seize the weapon. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Wallach, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.