New York Court of Appeals, Memorandum (July 01, 2008)
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-----------------------------4 No. 186 SSM 20The People &c., Respondent, v. Luis Estrella, Appellant.----------------------------City of Rochester, Respondent.Submitted by Chad W. Flansburg, for appellant.Submitted by Jessica Birkahn Housel, for respondentPeople of the State of New York.Submitted by John G. Rizzo, for respondent City of Rochester.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.Defendant's other contentions also lack merit.