PEOPLE v. FLUITT


80 N.Y.2d 949 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Paul Fluitt, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosali Vazquez, New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney of Queens County, Kew Gardens (Robin A. Forshaw and Barbara D. Underwood of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge SMITH taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Complainant was robbed at knifepoint while riding an elevator, alone, up to her apartment. Moments later, a neighbor saw a man resembling defendant, who had cloth wrapped around his hand, fleeing the building. A short time after, the police stopped defendant (who had cloth wrapped around his hand) on a nearby street in connection with an unrelated...

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