PEOPLE v. HUGHES


211 A.D.2d 576 (1995)

622 N.Y.S.2d 12

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eric Hughes, Appellant

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

January 26, 1995


The suppression court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the bag of cocaine that he dropped when the police, who were conducting a valid neighborhood canvas in search of the complainant's assailants, directed a searchlight at him while he stood under a dark construction awning. The use of searchlights to enhance an officer's normal vision does not constitute a search (People v Miller, 52 A.D.2d 425, 428-429, affd<...

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