People v. Bond
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carro, J.
This appeal poses the question of whether the information contained in an anonymous tip, that a young black male, walking west on 137th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, wearing a blue coat, carrying a brown paper bag and possessing a gun, is in and of itself sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion that a crime is being committed and that the responding police officers are in danger of injury so as to justify a forcible stop and immediate frisk of any person matching the description. Absent the observation of attendant circumstances which would provide…
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