People v. Perez

MEMORANDUM.

***965The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed.

Police were conducting a vertical patrol of a New York City Housing Authority building in a high crime area and interviewing tenants in search of a robbery suspect in an investigation unrelated to this case. Defendant got off the elevator, observed the police officers-who were approximately eight feet away with shields displayed-and immediately retreated into the elevator. Defendant ignored an officer's request that he hold the door and instead "kept pushing the button" and the elevator doors…