PEOPLE v. RIVERA


286 A.D.2d 235 (2001)

729 N.Y.S.2d 481

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. MANUEL RIVERA, Respondent.

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

Decided August 9, 2001.


As the motion court found, once the minivan in which defendant was a passenger ran a red light and narrowly missed colliding with the unmarked police vehicle, the police were justified in stopping the van (see, People v Ingle, 36 N.Y.2d 413). Our point of departure with the court is its determination that the police could not properly chase the defendant-passenger when they observed him, immediately upon the stop, "jump out and run...

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