PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS


227 A.D.2d 130 (1996)

641 N.Y.S.2d 637

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Douglas, Also Known as Earl Garvin, Appellant

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

May 2, 1996


Defendant's motion to suppress was properly denied. The police received a radio transmission which provided information of a black man wearing specified clothing with a gun in his waistband. The officers arrived at that "drug prone" location within minutes, and observed defendant within a block of the location, wearing clothing that precisely matched the description. This provided the police with a common-law right to inquire. Thereafter, defendant's actions in rapidly walking...

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