People v Santos

Holding The court affirmed the conviction and sentence, finding that the suppression court properly denied the motion to suppress the firearm because probable cause existed for the arrest and search. Additionally, the court declined to review the defendant’s facial constitutional challenge to the good moral character provision due to a failure to preserve the claim.

The court’s words

The suppression court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the firearm that police officers found tucked inside his waistband at the time of his arrest

2026 NY Slip Op 05487, at the official text

Defendant has standing to assert his facial constitutional challenge to New York's "good moral character" provision of its gun licensing scheme

2026 NY Slip Op 05487, at the official text

However, defendant failed to preserve that claim because he failed to challenge the good moral character provision in his motion to dismiss the indictment

2026 NY Slip Op 05487, at the official text