Legal Opinion
People v. Rivera
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1964PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
This appeal involves the right of police to stop a person in the public street and question him under circumstances that would reasonably actuate investigation and inquiry. An additional and rather separable legal question arises on the right of police to “frisk” the person being questioned as an incident to the inquiry.
The ‘ ‘ stop and frisk ’ ’ amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (L. 1964, ch. 86, eff. July 1, 1964) adding new section 180-a to the code does not apply to this case which turns on events which occurred in May, 1962. Although similar general principles underlie both the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Philip Vita and Jerald CarmelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by128 opinions
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