PEOPLE v. MAJOR


263 A.D.2d 360 (1999)

693 N.Y.S.2d 30

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. ELVIN MAJOR, Respondent. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. CHRIS STOKLEY, Respondent. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JOHN THOMAS, Also Known as ANTHONY SMITH, Respondent.

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

Decided July 1, 1999.


The anonymous tip reporting a generally described individual putting a gun in a described car at a specified location provided a founded suspicion that criminal activity was afoot, and thus provided the basis for a common-law inquiry. However, the testimony at the suppression hearing supports a reasonable inference that the actions of numerous uniformed police officers who responded to the scene within a minute of the radio dispatcher...

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