People v. Diaz

The relevant police testimony elicited at the suppression hearing is summarized as follows. On June 21, 2002, at approximately 11:00 p.m., four police officers assigned to an anti-crime unit were on patrol in an unmarked police car when they observed a Chevrolet-model car, with what appeared to be excessively tinted windows, idling next to a fire hydrant on Morris Avenue in the Bronx. Turret lights activated, all four officers exited the police car. Two of the officers approached the driver and lone occupant of the idling vehicle — defendant Jason Diaz — and requested pedigree information.…