People v. Thompson

Appeal by the People, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), dated October 9, 1986, as granted, following a hearing, that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress the contents of a wallet.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from.

On February 28, 1986, at 5:00 a.m., Police Officer Sanchez and his partner were conducting a routine patrol when they observed the defendant peering into what appeared to be a "lady’s pocketbook” as he walked. In response to a question by Officer Sanchez, the…