People v. Mosley

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the motion to suppress granted, and the indictment dismissed.

At 10:15 p.m. on December 22, 1983, plain-clothed police officers in The Bronx observed defendant Mosley and two companions, Mackie and another, walking about 25 yards behind an elderly woman around three sides of a block before the woman crossed the street to enter an apartment. Defendant and his companions began to cross the street after her, but had turned back and continued on their way when the police officers pulled their cars in front of…