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People v. Perkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 13, 1991
174 A.D.2d 433 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

June 13, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Levittan, J.).


The citizen informant, in the early morning hours, was awakened by the sound of breaking wood. Looking out of her window, she observed defendant, a black male wearing a red sweatshirt, breaking the screen to a basement window and climbing inside. She immediately called the police. When the officers arrived at the scene moments later, a black male wearing a red sweatshirt and the only person in sight, was standing on the corner outside of the building. Defendant was momentarily detained, and escorted into an interior courtyard of the building where he was positively identified.

The information possessed by responding police and the circumstances presented at the crime scene provided a legal predicate for the temporary stop of defendant (People v Beltraz, 165 A.D.2d 745). Nor did transporting defendant a very short distance, under minimal restraint, for purposes of conducting a showup identification, convert this into a full-blown arrest (see, People v Hicks, 68 N.Y.2d 234, 240).

We have reviewed defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Rosenberger, Asch and Kassal, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Perkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 13, 1991
174 A.D.2d 433 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Perkins

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL PERKINS…

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

Date published: Jun 13, 1991

Citations

174 A.D.2d 433 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
571 N.Y.S.2d 460

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