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People v. Richardson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 1996
227 A.D.2d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 16, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.).


Defendant's motion to suppress was properly denied. As two police officers entered a Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) train station in response to a series of radio messages concerning a robbery in progress, they received a message that the perpetrators, a male and "possible female", were still going through the pockets of the victim, who was on a bench. Immediately thereafter, the officers saw defendant and a woman in close proximity to a man sleeping on a bench, and, as the officers approached, defendant and the woman moved away from the bench. We agree with the hearing court that the police had reasonable suspicion to detain the suspects, where they and the sleeping man were the only persons on the train platform ( see, People v. Tucker, 223 A.D.2d 424). A PATH system employee who had been watching the crime on television promptly identified the suspects, providing probable cause for arrest.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Ellerin, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Richardson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 1996
227 A.D.2d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Richardson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GORDY RICHARDSON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 16, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
642 N.Y.S.2d 296

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