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PEOPLE v. WILLIAM II

98 N.Y.2d 93 (2002)

772 N.E.2d 1150

745 N.Y.S.2d 792

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM II, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. LUIS RODRIGUEZ, Also Known as MANUEL PEREZ, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Guttman, Ithaca, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

George M. Dentes, District Attorney, Ithaca (Dale A. Worrall of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Jill Gross-Marks of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action. Legal Aid Society, Bronx (Kerry Elgarten, Daniel L. Greenberg, Michele Maxian and Irwin Shaw of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LEVINE, J.

In the cases before us, the People concede that reasonable suspicion was required to support both the stop and attempted frisk in People v William II, and the traffic stop in People v Rodriguez. The common issue is whether the facts and information the police possessed, when coupled with an anonymous tip that a described individual was carrying a gun, established reasonable...

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