People v. Malone

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Putnam County, dated July 22, 1976, which, after a hearing, found that the police had insufficient cause to arrest respondent and granted his motion to suppress physical evidence, including marked money taken from his person at the time of his arrest. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and motion to suppress denied. The record discloses that a team of State Police officers, trained in narcotics investigations, observed negotiations conducted by a fellow officer with respondent’s codefendant, after which the codefendant and…