PEOPLE v. TOWERS


49 A.D.2d 839 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Towers, True Name William Towns, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 16, 1975


The central issue on this appeal is the propriety of the "stop" of appellant. Officer Quinlan testified at the suppression hearing that at approximately midnight on the evening in question he was in civilian clothes and exiting from a hotel on 116th Street in Manhattan when he observed appellant standing 25 feet away; and noticed "a bulge right in front under his jacket." Defendant then allegedly "turned around and started walking in the opposite direction." Officer Quinlan...

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