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PEOPLE v. NELSON

125 A.D.2d 339 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tommy Nelson, Appellant

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

December 1, 1986

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's arrest was properly predicated on probable cause. Although the informant was not a "disinterested public-spirited citizen", her reliability could still be established (see, People v Rodriguez, 52 N.Y.2d 483, 489), since her information constituted an admission against her own penal interest (see, People v Comforto, 62 N.Y.2d 725<...

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