PEOPLE v. THOMPSON


260 A.D.2d 242 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 704

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHNNY THOMPSON, Also Known as JONATHAN MELTON, Appellant.

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

Decided April 15, 1999.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The police officer, conducting a "vertical patrol" of a Housing Authority building, had an objective credible reason for requesting information from defendant since the officer, who had patrolled the neighborhood for six years and knew many residents of the building, had never seen defendant in the building before (see, People v Hollman, 79 N.Y.2d 181, 191; People v Locano,<...

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