Legal Opinion

People v. Polhill

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 28, 2014PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*997OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The appeal should be dismissed for failing to meet the requisites of CPL 450.90 (2) (a).

The Appellate Division determined that Supreme Court should have suppressed the identification evidence because the police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and detain defendant on the street (102 AD3d 988 [2013]). Whether the circumstances of a particular case rise to the level of reasonable suspicion presents a mixed question of law and fact (see People v Howard, 74 NY2d 943 [1989]). Because the Appellate Division’s reversal was thus not “on the law alone or upon the law…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. The People v. Matthew A. SlocumNew York Court of Appeals · 2017

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