People v. Miles

The Supreme Court properly determined that the arresting officers lacked an objective, credible reason for approaching the stopped car in which the defendant was a passenger, identifying themselves as police officers, and shining at least one flashlight into the car (see People v Ocasio, 85 NY2d 982, 984 [1995]; see also People v McIntosh, 96 NY2d 521, 525 [2001]; People v Holl*1011man, 79 NY2d 181, 194 [1992]). The officer who testified at the suppression hearing failed to articulate any reason for approaching the vehicle other than the car was parked outside a bar in an area where there had been…