People v. Allende

The facts in this case are undisputed. On the night of August 31, 1974, Officers Ralph Friedman and Robert De Matas, dressed in civilian clothes and driving a yellow taxicab, were on anticrime patrol in Bronx County. At approximately 10:45 p.m., they observed four men, of whom one was the defendant Allende, sitting in a double-parked 1974 Chev*476rolet Vega automobile, engine running, on the corner of Beck and Tiffany Streets.

Guns drawn, both officers left their cab and approached the Vega. Officer Friedman walked to the driver’s side of the car; Officer De Matas went to the door opposite it.…