PEOPLE v. MAJOR


309 A.D.2d 649 (2003)

765 N.Y.S.2d 631

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ELVIN MAJOR, Appellant.

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

Decided October 23, 2003.


The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. Defendant's behavior matched the pattern of drug activity that the police had previously observed at the same drug-prone corner, particularly with respect to the type of packaging usually employed by drug dealers at that location. These circumstances, coupled with defendant's furtive behavior upon the approach of the police, gave rise to probable cause (see People v Jones...

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