Legal Opinion

People v. Morales

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

Decided November 18, 1993PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), entered November 12, 1992, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence and a statement upon arrest, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion is denied.

Police Officer Coghlan testified that at 3 o’clock on an April afternoon, he was on foot patrol in the Bronx, returning to his station house, when he observed defendant standing next to a parked van at the corner of 188th Street and Grand Concourse, conversing with the occupant. From a distance of no more than 6 feet, Coghlan saw that defendant held a bullet in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. BenjaminNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. EllisNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. KatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. People v. JarvisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Estate of Larsen Ex Rel. Sturdivan v. MurrCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  2. People v. ColyarIllinois Supreme Court · 2013
  3. People v. MorganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. People v. StokesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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