People v. Cornelius
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fein, J.
This is another case arising out of police-citizen encounters in which the duty of the police to make the streets reasonably safe for us all must be balanced against the indisputable right of the individual to be free from arbitrary and unwarranted police intrusion, which is one of the cornerstones of our free society.
Defendant, who stands convicted of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, appeals from the order denying his motion to suppress the gun seized by the police during a search of his pocket.
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