People v. Hill

Appeal by the People, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), dated January 8, 2001, as granted that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence is denied, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.

The hearing court properly determined that the police officer was justified in…