People v. Skinner

Judgments of conviction after pleas of guilty, rendered July 20, 1977 and July 28, 1977, respectively, Supreme Court, New York County, affirmed. The yardstick by which the propriety of a detentive stop by police is to be measured is clearly set forth as follows: "The minimum requirement for a lawful detentive stop is a founded suspicion that criminal activity is afoot (People v Cantor, 36 NY2d 106, 114). To justify the stop, the police must indicate specific and articulable facts which, along with any logical deduction, reasonably prompt such intrusion (People v Cantor, supra, p 113). The…