PEOPLE v. DAVIS


36 N.Y.2d 280 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ritso Davis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Sherman and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Steven W. Fisher of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.


COOKE, J.

The facts are undisputed.

Hackett, a uniformed patrolman of the Housing Department Police, was conversing with a fellow officer on the sidewalk in front of their office on Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, a high crime area where there were complaints and arrests for dangerous drugs, when he observed defendant about 10 feet distant, holding a woman's red and white polka dot purse, about two by three inches...

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