Legal Opinion
People v. Watkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 4, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In view of the illegal police procedure involved here and the inapplicability of any of the exceptions to the exclusionary rule, the hearing court erred in failing to suppress the show-up identification of the defendant by complainant (People v Gethers, 86 NY2d 159, 161-162). While defendant’s behavior, based on the officers’ observations of him "casing” potential victims for several blocks, his quick exit from a building shortly after entering and his attempt to hail a cab with money in hand, *164provided reasonable suspicion, it did not rise to the level of probable cause and thus was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. De BourNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. DodtNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. GethersNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. CrawfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. UnderwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Watkins v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. WatkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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