PEOPLE v. NIEVES


26 A.D.3d 519 (2006)

809 N.Y.S.2d 586

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NELSON NIEVES, Appellant.

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

February 28, 2006.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the evidence presented at the suppression hearing demonstrated that there was probable cause for his arrest. Information provided by an identified citizen accusing another individual of a specific crime is legally sufficient to provide the police with probable cause to arrest (see People v. Rios,...

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