Legal Opinion
People v. Evans
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carol Berkman, J.
On December 7, 1989, at about 9:30 p.m., Sergeant Giardina and his partner approached Annette Evans, a 19-year-old African-American woman with no prior record, as she was about to board a bus in the Port Authority terminal. After a brief conversation, the sergeant told her he thought she was carrying drugs. A search of her hand luggage revealed several ounces of cocaine in a brown paper bag.
She moves to suppress this evidence, as well as statements made to the arresting officer. At the hearing held before me on March 23, 1990, the People failed to come…
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- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. EvansCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1992