Legal Opinion
People v. Lozado
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 27, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*583The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress the revolver recovered from his person. The police actions were lawful at each stage of the encounter.
Police officers conducting a nighttime vertical patrol of a Housing Authority building saw defendant coming up the stairs in a ninth floor stairwell. When defendant saw the police, he “paused” and “looked around,” displaying “nervous” behavior. These circumstances provided an officer with an “objective credible reason” to ask defendant where he was heading (see People v Crawford, 279 AD2d 267 [2001], lv denied 96 NY2d 799 [2001]; People…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. TinortAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. CrawfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. MagwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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