PEOPLE v. BROWN


253 A.D.2d 671 (1998)

680 N.Y.S.2d 78

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Brown, Appellant

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

September 22, 1998


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The arresting officer had a founded suspicion that criminality was afoot, justifying his asking defendant if he would "mind" opening his briefcase (see, People v Hollman, 79 N.Y.2d 181, 191). Such suspicion was properly based upon the building superintendent's statement to the officer that defendant dealt drugs and carried a gun, viewed in the context of the surrounding circumstances...

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