Opinion
June 26, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Groh, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Upon observing the ammunition in the front seat of the car, after the car was lawfully stopped, the police were justified in removing and frisking the occupants and conducting a search of the accessible areas of the car's interior (see, Michigan v Long, 463 U.S. 1032; People v. Kramer, 132 A.D.2d 572). Thus, the hearing court properly denied suppression of the contraband.
The defendant's sentence was neither harsh nor excessive given his past history of criminal conduct (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Rubin, Sullivan and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.