PEOPLE v. MADERA


82 N.Y.2d 775 (1993)

624 N.E.2d 675

604 N.Y.S.2d 538

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Ali Madera, Also Known as Alberto Rivera, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County (Daniel S. Ratner of counsel), for appellant.

Steven J. Miraglia, New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA, SMITH and LEVINE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

This People's appeal, allowed by permission of a dissenting Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, implicates the issue whether police officers reasonably believed that defendant was engaging in criminal activity, justifying their pursuit and detention of him on a New York City street. The trial court and the Appellate Division suppressed the...

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