People v. Alexander
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mazzarelli, J.
The People appeal from a determination that the police acted improperly in arresting defendant after they observed him and a friend exit a car that was double-parked in front of a building with a known history of drug-related activity and arrests, enter the building, and emerge moments later, holding a small tinfoil packet of a size and shape commonly used to package cocaine that defendant then secreted in his jacket pocket. In reviewing the hearing court’s ruling, we are called upon to answer the question of whether a tinfoil packet of a size and shape…
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