Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Enrique Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-13
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 85
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Enrique Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 85–85

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Enrique Rodriguez, Appellant.
[678 NYS2d 725]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered January 23, 1996, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to 5 years probation, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. We find no reason to disturb the hearing court's credibility determinations (People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759). The record does not support defendant's claim that the stop of the taxicab for a traffic violation was a pretext to investigate an unrelated crime. Concur — Lerner, P. J., Sullivan, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.