People v. Boyd

OPINION OF THE COURT

Asch, J.

Officers of various police departments and agencies in New York were working in Penn Station on an interdepartmental "drug interdiction” team when defendant Boyd was observed, searched and arrested. Officer Coiro, an Amtrak Police Investigator, observed defendant, a black male, on August 15, 1989, carrying a large grey suitcase, in the main concourse of the station near the Amtrak ticket windows. Defendant was sweating profusely, and according to Officer Coiro, was "very surveillance conscious”, pacing back and forth, constantly looking over his shoulder "like he…