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MATTER OF JAMES

76 N.Y.2d 825 (1990)

In the Matter of James R., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (John Hogrogian, Pamela Seider Dolgow and Jane Tobey Momo of counsel), for appellant.

Elizabeth B. Emmons and Lenore Gittis for respondent.

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

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Initially, we note our disagreement with Family Court's legal conclusion that these circumstances provided an insufficient predicate for the police officers to exercise their common-law right of inquiry (see, People v De Bour, 40 N.Y.2d 210, 223). The officers observed respondent carrying an apparently...

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