Legal Opinion

People v. Wilson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 4, 1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

There is no merit to the defendant’s contention that the police did not have reasonable su&picion to frisk him, and therefore both the gun the police recovered and his spontaneous statement should have been suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree.

The police had reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk the defendant based on the totality of the circumstances, including a radio transmission providing a general description of the perpetrators and the defendant’s location, the close proximity of the defendant to the site of the crime, the short passage of time between the crime and the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. CasillasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. PrivateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. DouglasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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