PEOPLE v. WINTHROW


239 A.D.2d 264 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 15

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lashawn Winthrow, Appellant

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

May 20, 1997


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The police had reasonable suspicion sufficient to stop defendant upon seeing him in a drug-prone neighborhood in possession of a softball-sized, cellophane-covered, white package, which the experienced officers recognized as indicative of cocaine, and which defendant quickly stuffed into his pocket upon sight of the officers, thereby negating any innocent interpretation of the...

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