People v Bentley

Holding The court affirmed the convictions for weapon possession and controlled substance possession, finding the vehicle stop lawful based on probable cause for a traffic violation. The judgment was modified to amend the orders of protection to comply with statutory duration limits.

The court’s words

the police lawfully stopped the vehicle in which defendant was a passenger, because they had probable cause to believe the vehicle to be in violation of a provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law

2026 NY Slip Op 04572, at the official text

the duration of each order of protection may not exceed, as it does here, eight years from that date

2026 NY Slip Op 04572, at the official text

the verdict with respect to the weapon possession counts is not against the weight of the evidence with respect to the element of possession

2026 NY Slip Op 04572, at the official text