PEOPLE v. ESTRELLA

186 SSM 20.

2008 NY Slip Op 05962

THE PEOPLE & C., Respondent, v. LUIS ESTRELLA, Appellant. CITY OF ROCHESTER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Chad W. Flansburg, for appellant.

Submitted by Jessica Birkahn Housel, for respondent People of the State of New York.

Submitted by John G. Rizzo, for respondent City of Rochester.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concur.


MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The courts below did not err in declining to suppress the cocaine recovered from the defendant's car. The record supports the finding that the officer who stopped the car reasonably believed the windows to be over-tinted in violation of VTL § 375 (12-a) (b) (3). The officer was not chargeable with knowledge that the tinting was legal in Georgia, where the car was registered.

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