Legal Opinion

People v. Ortiz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 14, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered July 8, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of gang assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. Defendant and his group met a description of assailants that was sufficiently specific and accurate under the geographic and temporal circumstances to give the officers reasonable suspicion to stop and detain them on the street (see, People v Hicks, 68 NY2d 234, 238-241; People v…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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