Legal Opinion

People v. Ruben

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

Decided December 30, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly refused to suppress items of physical evidence seized by the police as the fruits of an illegal stop and arrest. The flight of defendant and codefendant in response to the approach of a police officer, together with their temporal and geographic proximity to the scene of the burglary and their resemblance to the description of the burglars, supported the officer’s reasonable suspicion that they had committed the burglary. Thus, the warrantless stop was lawful (see, People v Hicks, 68 NY2d 234, 238; People v De Bour, 40 NY2d…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. De BourNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. People v. YuklNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  5. People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. BastianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. People v. SnyderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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