People v. Hope

Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, plea vacated, motion to suppress granted and matter remitted to Monroe County Court for further proceedings on the indictment. Memorandum: In the early morning hours of August 2, 1994, two Rochester police officers responded to a radio report of a "suspicious male” walking through the Corn Hill section of the City carrying a large object. As they drove to the reported location, the officers observed defendant carrying a large object wrapped in a blanket on his shoulder. They pulled up behind him, exited their vehicles and approached defendant on foot.…