PEOPLE v. RICE


44 A.D.3d 247 (2007)

841 N.Y.S.2d 72

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. WAYNE RICE, Respondent.

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

August 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Patricia Stolfi and Patrick J. Hynes of counsel), for appellant.

Law Office of Luis Diaz, New York City (Donald Yannella of counsel), for respondent.

WILLIAMS, BUCKLEY and CATTERSON, JJ., concur with NARDELLI, J.P.; McGUIRE, J., concurs in a separate opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NARDELLI, J.P.

In this People's appeal, we are asked to determine whether the suppression court properly granted defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence on the ground that the stop of defendant's vehicle was unauthorized pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1163, which, the court held, does not require the operator of a motor vehicle to signal every lane change.

Testimony educed at a suppression hearing held on...

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