People v. Hill

Identification is a necessity for navigating daily life in contemporary society. Accordingly, I would find that the police officers’ retention of defendant’s identification while they undertook an investigation was a significant limitation on his freedom, and thus elevated their encounter with defendant to a seizure. Since the People did not argue that the officers’ actions were justified by a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, I would grant defendant’s motion to suppress the crack cocaine recovered from him, reverse his conviction, and dismiss the indictment.

*632BACKGROUND

Defendant was…