PEOPLE v. TAVARES


281 A.D.2d 177 (2001)

721 N.Y.S.2d 236

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUAN TAVARES, Appellant.

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

Decided March 6, 2001.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. Probable cause to arrest was provided by information obtained from defendant's accomplice, whose statements were against his penal interest as well as being corroborated by information independently gathered by the police (People v McCann, 85 N.Y.2d 951; People v Comforto, 62 N.Y.2d 725).

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