People v. Giles

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ciparick, J.

On November 7, 2001, at approximately 1:00 a.m., two New York City police officers patrolling in a marked car in the Upper *497West Side of Manhattan observed defendant Dwight Giles standing in a doorway of a medical office “poking” at the lock with a pocketknife. When the officers confronted defendant, he fled and was apprehended after a brief chase. In response to an officer’s question as to what he was doing at the door, the record indicates that defendant said, “what door?” After a search of defendant’s person, the police recovered a folding knife, a wallet, a…