PEOPLE v. DESANTIS


59 A.D.2d 257 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James L. DeSantis, Appellant

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

November 4, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Mahoney for appellant.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (John DeFranks of counsel), for respondent.

CARDAMONE, J. P., SIMONS, HANCOCK and DENMAN, JJ., concur.


DILLON, J.

Defendant and one Joseph Sarcinelli purchased airline tickets in San Diego, California, for a United Airlines flight to Buffalo by way of Chicago, and checked two suitcases through to their destination. They paid for the tickets with one hundred dollar bills which, according to the ticket agent, were removed from a "group" of others of the same denomination. This fact, coupled with the apparent nervousness of the two men, aroused the suspicion...

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