PEOPLE v. ORTIZ


234 A.D.2d 74 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 223

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Irma Ortiz, Jose Cortijo and Jorge Cortijo, Respondents

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

December 10, 1996


In preparing to assist in the execution of a search warrant at Apartment 3B in a building on Alexander Avenue in the Bronx, one of two police officers staked out in the hallway heard a commotion and the words "They're coming, get out of here" emanating from Apartment 3C across the hall. Three men then hurriedly exited the latter apartment and ran down the hallway toward the plainclothes police. When the officers identified themselves...

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