In re Darryl C.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Tom, J.P.

The law imposes a strict standard for a stop and frisk, requiring an officer to have a reasonable suspicion of an individual’s involvement in criminal activity (CPL 140.50 [1]; People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210, 223 [1976]) and then “knowledge of some fact or circumstance that supports a reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed or poses a threat to safety” (People v Batista, 88 NY2d 650, 654 [1996]; CPL 140.50 [3]). The motion court erred in holding that a police officer exercising the common-law right to inquire without a reasonable suspicion of criminal…