People v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, P. J.
This appeal, from a conviction after trial, presents, inter alia, a challenge to the denial, after a hearing, of suppression of a gun recovered from the floor of a livery cab stopped by the police for a traffic violation. According to defendant, the cab was unconstitutionally stopped on the mere pretext of a traffic violation. In asserting this argument, defendant relies heavily on police testimony that the officers were staking out the area on the lookout for criminal activity against cab drivers by their passengers, and argues that the officers never…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Welsh v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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