PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON


41 N.Y.2d 886 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leroy Richardson, Also Known as Arnold Thomas, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Bassis and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (A. Brent Blacksburg of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

There should be an affirmance. The police properly relied on information supplied to them by the airline's customer service agent (see People v Moore, 32 N.Y.2d 67, 69-70). Based on the observation by the airline's agent, the police reasonably suspected that defendant was about to commit a crime involving a forged instrument and, accordingly, by statute could demand...

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