The People v. Lance Rodriguez

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 78 The People &c., Respondent, v. Lance Rodriguez, Appellant. Hannah Kon, for appellant. Mariana Zelig, for respondent. Alice Ristroph et al.; Transportation Alternatives et al.; The Legal Aid Society, amici curiae. RIVERA, J.: Late one winter evening, defendant was riding his bicycle down a road in Queens, New York, when several New York City Police Department officers drove alongside him and twice asked him to stop. Defendant complied and, in…