People v. Valdez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
At issue is whether Trial Term properly suppressed various articles of physical evidence and defendants’ statements as the product of an arrest for which probable cause was lacking.
*450The account of events leading to the arrest was adduced at the suppression hearing. On April 18, 1979, at approximately 10:00 P.M., undercover Officers Mahoney, Zackman and Flynn were driving an unmarked car north on Third Avenue when Officer Mahoney noticed defendants Gregory Valdez and William Beedles on Ninth Street “lurking” near a doorway situated about 70 yards east of Third…
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