PEOPLE v. CORTES


86 Misc.2d 155 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Nelson Cortes, Jose Ferreira, Virgilio Paulino and Thomas J. Dropp, Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

April 12, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Michael Barry of counsel), for plaintiff. Joel Steinberg for Nelson Cortes, defendant. Edward Friedman for Jose Ferreira, defendant. Morton Levine for Virgilio Paulino, defendant. William Gallagher and Fredric Bennett for Thomas J. Dropp, defendant.


FLORENCE M. KELLEY, J.

The principal issue on this motion is whether a police officer may briefly detain a person on the basis of information that another officer seeks to question the person about a recent homicide. The arresting officer in the present case received such information about two of the defendants and undertook to detain them. His actions resulted in the discovery of a loaded revolver on the floor...

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