PEOPLE v. SMALLS


292 A.D.2d 213 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 351

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SYLVESTER SMALLS, Appellant.

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

Decided March 12, 2002.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The initial detention of defendant was based on reasonable suspicion since he fit the description provided by the undercover officer, and the circumstances ripened into probable cause when the undercover officer made a confirmatory identification. The description was sufficiently detailed and accurate and the slight discrepancy as to the description of defendant's clothing was...

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