People v. Crespo

— Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered March 1, 1979, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to suppress certain physical evidence as the product of a search incident to an unlawful arrest. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and motion to suppress denied. On May 12, 1978 Detective John Griffin received a report of a robbery at a gas station located at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street in Brooklyn. Upon arriving at that location, Griffin and his partner met the victim, Edward Davila. He stated that he had been robbed by…