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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ (STEVEN)

80 N.Y.2d 444 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Martinez, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcy Chynsky, Yorktown Heights, for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney of Westchester County, White Plains (Maryanne Luciano and Mary E. Costello of counsel), for respondent.

Judges KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA and SMITH concur.

Acting Chief Judge SIMONS.

This appeal addresses (1) the factual basis necessary to justify police officers' pursuit and detention of a fleeing individual, and (2) whether, under the circumstances presented, police officers properly pursued defendant into a nearby grocery store, recovered drugs he had discarded and arrested him for unlawful possession of those drugs...

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