Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 6, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schwartzwald, J.), rendered January 4, 1984, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant, a black man, was arrested by three white undercover police officers after they approached him on the street in a predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhood and observed him place his hand on the butt of a gun secreted in his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. BurrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- People v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by15 opinions
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- People v. KongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. LongoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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