Legal Opinion

People v. Watson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 9, 1990PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*477—Orders of the Supreme Court, New York County (Irving Lang, J.), entered March 25, and August 27, 1987, which granted defendants’ motions to suppress physical evidence and dismiss the indictment, are unanimously affirmed.

We find that the evidence at the suppression hearing did not show a basis for a reasonable suspicion on the part of the police officers that the defendants were engaged in criminal conduct. The traffic violations committed by the driver admittedly were not the reason why the officers pulled the car defendants were in to the curb and approached at gunpoint; rather, the police…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. LlopisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. LawsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  4. People v. DouglasNew York Supreme Court · 1998
  5. People v. BrewerNew York Supreme Court · 1997

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