Legal Opinion
People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 24, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas A. Farber, J., at suppression hearing; Daniel E FitzGerald, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered October 17, 2008, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in tbe second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 11 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The officers had reasonable suspicion of criminality, which justified a stop and frisk. The information possessed by the police went well beyond an uncorroborated anonymous tip (see People v…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. GovantesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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