PEOPLE v. HOPPER


163 A.D.2d 418 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kenneth Hopper, Appellant

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

July 9, 1990


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the hearing court erred in declining to suppress the gun which the police recovered during a stop and frisk. We disagree.

A police officer is authorized to stop and detain a person if the officer entertains a reasonable suspicion that the person is engaged in criminal activity, and to frisk the person if the officer reasonably suspects a danger of physical injury or that the person is armed...

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