PEOPLE v. LEACH


169 A.D.2d 569 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Irvin Leach, Also Known as Irvin Leak, Appellant

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

January 24, 1991


Competent evidence in the record supports the trial court's conclusion that the arresting officer had an adequate description of the defendant, that he had observed defendant's furtive behavior before stopping the defendant without forcibly detaining him, and that he did not arrest the defendant until after the complainant's identification. The arresting officer exercised his common-law right to inquire which was legitimately activated by a founded suspicion that criminal...

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