People v. Livigni
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, J.
A narrow question is presented by this appeal, viz., is it reasonable under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution for a police officer, while standing beside a motor vehicle in the course of investigating a traffic infraction, to order a passenger out of the vehicle at gunpoint because of the officer’s observation of an empty gun holster in plain view in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. We answer in the affirmative.
*387On May 13, 1980, at approximately 11:45 a.m., while on patrol in an unmarked car, Police Officer Richard…
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