PEOPLE v. ORTIZ


291 A.D.2d 273 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 36

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALEX ORTIZ, Appellant.

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

Decided February 14, 2002.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The observing officer's transmission established probable cause for defendant's arrest. The description of a Hispanic man wearing a black plastic jacket, a red shirt and blue pants was sufficiently specific, particularly since defendant was arrested at the specified location immediately after the drug transaction and was the only person present and matched the description (People v Rampersant, 272...

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