People v. Torruellas

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Wilham Davis, J.), entered February 4, 1986, granting reargument and, upon reargument, suppressing the fingerprint evidence, reversed, on the law and on the facts, the motion to suppress the fingerprint evidence denied and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

Two plainclothes policemen, Officers Knoth and Murphy, observed defendant during daylight hours walking down the street carrying a 25-inch unboxed television set in his arms. Since the neighborhood was one known for a high rate of daylight burglaries, the officers approached defendant and…