People v. Funches

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

On March 25, 1990, Officer Calderin and his partner received a radio transmission that two males were involved in a dispute, possibly about drugs, in a second floor apartment at 174 West 141st Street in Manhattan. As Calderin arrived at the specified building, he observed defendant, whom he recognized as a resident from prior encounters, climb out of a second story window and onto the fire escape. Calderin then heard a metallic noise of an object hitting the fire escape just before defendant began climbing…