People v. Restrepo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
opinion of the court
Bloom, J.
This case again confronts us with the vexatious problem of when and whether the police may be justified in relying upon hearsay evidence supplied by a confidential informer whose reliability has been established to effect a warrant-less search. The suppression court was of the opinion that the stop and search of defendant was not constitutionally justified and suppressed the evidence seized. We disagree. Accordingly, we reverse and deny the motion to suppress the weapon.
*321The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was investigating the drug activities of defendant,…
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