PEOPLE v. CLARKE


60 N.Y.2d 568 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bruce Clarke, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie Hriciga and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney (James M. McGuire of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Term should be affirmed.

Defendant was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. (Penal Law, § 265.01.) He moved to suppress the gun on the ground that the police did not have reasonable suspicion at the time of the stop and frisk.

The suppression court denied the motion, reasoning that the totality of the officers' observations supported...

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