Legal Opinion
People v. Gethers
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1995PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
After purchasing cocaine during a "buy and bust” operation in Manhattan, undercover Detective Elizabeth Rye transmitted a description of the two sellers to an Officer Bell who located and arrested defendant and another man. Immediately after the arrest, Bell walked the two men to a street corner where defendant’s identity as one of the sellers was confirmed in a drive-by identification by Detective Rye.
A pretrial suppression hearing was held at which the People failed to establish probable cause to arrest because of Bell’s inability to recall accurately the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- People v. BoodleNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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