People v. Lovejoy
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered January 10, 1990, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7 Vi to 15 years on each count, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s allegations in support of his suppression motions conceded that he and a toy gun were seized by hotel security guards who "displayed” defendant to the complainant. The acts of private security guards do not constitute government activity subject to Fourth Amendment scrutiny (see, People v Jones, 47 NY2d 528, 533). Contrary to defendant’s argument, the clearly speculative allegations set forth in his moving papers, that the private security guards in question are "licensed peace officers or are working under the
We have considered defendant’s additional pro se arguments and find them to be either unpreserved or without merit. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Ellerin, Wallach, Kassal and Nardelli, JJ.
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