People v. Morales

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), entered May 22, 1996, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence and statements, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, the motion denied, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court, for further proceedings.

On April 28, 1995, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Officer Jose Arroyo and his partner were on duty in plainclothes in an unmarked police van as part of the Taxi and Livery Task Force. Arroyo followed a yellow medallion cab for three blocks until it pulled over to the side of the road and discharged two…