People v. Hanson

I would affirm the order of the Supreme Court granting the defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence.

Detective Nafey testified that he suspected that the defendant was a drug courier prior to approaching and questioning him on the bus, based on his evaluation of ten factors contained in operating guidelines provided by the Port Authority Police Department. He conceded, however, that the defendant met but one of the ten factors of the profile, his actions in pacing and looking around the terminal area.

When the detectives first observed the defendant, it was 1:15 in the morning and…