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People v. Pleban

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 19, 1985
108 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

February 19, 1985

Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Santagata, J.).


Judgments affirmed and case remitted to the County Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).

We find that, under the circumstances of this case, the stop and search of the automobile occupied by defendant and the subsequent arrest of defendant were proper. Information was relayed to a 911 operator that a suspicious-looking automobile with out-of-State plates was outside of Irwin Pearl's office. The automobile then followed Pearl when he left his office and reappeared when he returned. The automobile was pointed out to the police officers by the driver of a black car and by the complainant, Irwin Pearl. This information, upon which the police officers could rely ( see, People v Lypka, 36 N.Y.2d 210, 213), provided a sufficient predicate for the initial police action, to wit, the investigatory stop of the automobile occupied by defendant ( see, People v Stewart, 41 N.Y.2d 65, 66; People v De Bour, 40 N.Y.2d 210, 223; People v Olsen, 93 A.D.2d 824). Subsequently, after one of the officers noticed defendant making rapid movements toward the floor of the automobile, and after the officer noticed a plastic sleeve with writing on it indicating that it might have contained mace, the police were justified in ordering the defendant out of the car and in conducting a search of the vehicle ( see, e.g., People v Livigni, 88 A.D.2d 386, 388, affd 58 N.Y.2d 894; People v Benjamin, 51 N.Y.2d 267, 271; People v Samuels, 50 N.Y.2d 1035, 1037, cert denied 449 U.S. 984). Finally, once the officers found weapons in the interior of the car, the officers had probable cause to arrest defendant and to conduct a full-blown search of the automobile at the precinct ( see, United States v Ross, 456 U.S. 798; People v Ellis, 62 N.Y.2d 393; People v Langen, 60 N.Y.2d 170, cert denied ___ US ___, 104 S Ct 1287; People v Landy, 59 N.Y.2d 369; People v Belton, 55 N.Y.2d 49).

With regard to defendant's claim that he was denied his right to a speedy trial pursuant to CPL 30.30, defendant failed to allege sufficient amounts of time chargeable to the People, and thus his claim was properly denied by the trial court ( see, People v Lomax, 50 N.Y.2d 351). Defendant's constitutional speedy trial claims raised for the first time on appeal have not been properly preserved for appellate review ( see, People v Jordan, 62 N.Y.2d 825). Additionally, we find that the People established a prima facie case of conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt, based on telephone records and documents recovered by the police on which were written the complainant's business and home addresses and telephone numbers. Thus, the hearsay statements of an alleged coconspirator were properly admitted into evidence ( see, People v Sanders, 56 N.Y.2d 51, 62; People v Salko, 47 N.Y.2d 230, 237-238). We have reviewed defendant's other contentions on appeal and find them to be without merit. Gibbons, J.P., Thompson, Weinstein and Brown, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pleban

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 19, 1985
108 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Pleban

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRANK R. PLEBAN…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 19, 1985

Citations

108 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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