Legal Opinion
People v. Wheeler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 2, 1978PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on March 5, 1976, convicting the defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree, affirmed. In our view the police did not exceed their authority in making inquiry of the defendant when they saw him coming out of an apartment house in a high crime area carrying a television set and immediately hail a gypsy cab and hurriedly enter. When he responded to the police officers’ initial inquiry with what the police knew, of their own knowledge and observation, was a lie, they were entitled to take further action to hold him briefly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. CantorNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. LakinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- People v. Anonymous, New York County Courts1965
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- People v. LyngAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. RayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- People v. HillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. JohnsonNew York Supreme Court · 1981
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