PEOPLE v. BRONSTON


68 N.Y.2d 880 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Joseph Bronston, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Mark Dwyer and Norman Barclay of counsel), for appellant.

Julian A. Hertz for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

As found by the majority at the Appellate Division, Officer Sheffler, in responding at 4:30 A.M. to a 911 report of a burglary in progress at 155th Street and 8th Avenue, in Manhattan, ordered defendant down from a fire escape at gunpoint, put him against the wall, and frisked him without first inquiring about his reasons for being there. The majority...

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