PEOPLE v. SANTIAGO


253 A.D.2d 673 (1998)

680 N.Y.S.2d 189

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francisco Santiago, 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. Within a minute of a radio transmission reporting that an armed robbery had been committed by a bald white or Hispanic man, wearing a sweatshirt and a brown jacket, the police officers observed defendant, who fit the description, in the vicinity of the crime scene. These circumstances gave the police reasonable suspicion upon which to stop and frisk defendant (People v Salaman, 71 N.Y.2d 869

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