Legal Opinion
People v. Govantes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 19, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The police properly stopped a vehicle in which defendant was a passenger as the result of a rapid sequence of events occurring in the early morning hours. Immediately after they heard the sound of a nearby gunshot, the officers observed two unidentified youths running. The youths flagged the officers down to report that they had just been shot at by persons who were departing the scene in a white car. The officers simultaneously noticed a white car leaving the area, pursued it and pulled it over several blocks away.
*552The warrantless search of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BeltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. VasquezNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. CarveyNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- People v. SimpsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. ThenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. WhittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. ColonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- In re Jahloni G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011