People v. Hunt

— Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, defendant’s motion to suppress granted and new trial granted. Memorandum: On August 4, 1985, an unidentified male told Officer William Benwitz that he had seen a prowler climbing into a window on an upper floor at a rooming house located at 119 State Street. A description of the prowler was given to Benwitz who then went to the house to search for the prowler. While police were searching the upper floor, the alarm to the lower rear door to Pindle Alley went off. Benwitz broadcast the above information, including the direction in which the suspect…