PEOPLE v. CATALA


198 A.D.2d 293 (1993)

603 N.Y.S.2d 562

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Catala, Appellant

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

November 8, 1993


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, who fit the description of a reported robbery suspect, was observed at night by police in a "robbery prone" location behaving suspiciously. When the plainclothes police followed the defendant into a building, the defendant initially "lunged" toward them, simulating that he had a weapon in his pocket. As a result, the defendant was stopped and frisked and a knife was recovered from his pocket. While the defendant...

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