People v. Candelaria

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the hearing court *1140properly determined that the police had probable cause to arrest him. The victim’s identification of the perpetrator of the shooting by his nickname “Holy” was communicated to the police by the victim’s mother, who knew the name “Holy” from the block and that he was “Vanessa’s boyfriend.” A subsequent search by the police of their database connected the defendant to that unusual nickname. Thereafter, the police received a phone call from an unidentified citizen informing them that the “subject” of their investigation, the defendant,…