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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES REYNOLDS, Appellant.

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his guilty plea of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Defendant contends that the People failed to establish that reasonable suspicion existed to justify the stop of the vehicle in which he was a passenger, and that all evidence derived therefrom should have been suppressed.

We agree with the People that defendant, a mere passenger in the vehicle, failed to establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in the vehicle and therefore lacks standing to challenge its search (see, People v. Ponder, 54 N.Y.2d 160, 164-166). Defendant was charged in the indictment and bill of particulars with constructive possession of a weapon pursuant to Penal Law § 265.02 (4). The People did not charge defendant with the statutory presumption of possession in Penal Law § 265.15 (3). Thus, contrary to defendant's contention, the automatic standing rule does not apply (see, People v. Wesley, 73 N.Y.2d 351, 360-364; People v. Millan, 69 N.Y.2d 514).

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PEOPLE v. REYNOLDS
(Jun 9, 1995)