In re James R.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Initially, we note our disagreement with Family Court’s legal conclusion that these circumstances provided an insufficient predicate for the police officers to exercise their common-law right of inquiry (see, People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210, 223). The officers observed respondent carrying an apparently heavy, though not full, travel bag through an area known for its narcotics and weapons activities and the subject of a precinct alert that day. Respondent was flanked by three companions, one at each side and…