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MERCADO v. CITY OF NEW YORK

269 A.D.2d 576 (2000)

703 N.Y.S.2d 283

BALTAZAR MERCADO et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.

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

Decided February 28, 2000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Ordinarily, "information provided by an identified citizen accusing another individual of the commission of a specific crime is sufficient to provide the police with probable cause to arrest" (Minott v City of New York, 203 A.D.2d 265, 267). Here, however, the identification of the accused was at issue. Considering the circumstances known to the police officers at the time...

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