Legal Opinion
People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 8, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
Once again we confront the “inherently troublesome” (People v Chestnut, 51 NY2d 14, 19), maze of a street encounter between an individual citizen and law enforcement officers. At 10:00 p.m. on August 8,1979, Police Officer Sanchez, a veteran detective, and his partner arrived in an unmarked police car at the intersection of 173rd Street and Audubon Avenue. Prior to departure from the station-house, these officers had been informed that their assigned *328sector of patrol was a high crime area, where in the past week youths had been stabbed and shot during fighting…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. De BourNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. BenjaminNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. ChestnutNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
3Cited by10 opinions
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- People v. StoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. FernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. De JesusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. DickersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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