People v. Ward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mollen, P. J.
On this appeal, the People challenge an order which resulted in the suppression of a weapon found in a stolen car. Criminal Term held that the People failed to sufficiently justify the conduct of the police because the only witness called to testify at the suppression hearing was the arresting officer who acted, not on the basis of firsthand knowledge or personal observations, but upon information *234provided to him by a radio report received from police headquarters. The court held that, to sustain its burden of establishing probable cause, the prosecution was…
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