PEOPLE v. MENDEZ


44 A.D.3d 302 (2007)

843 N.Y.S.2d 217

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANGEL MENDEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided October 2, 2007.


The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. The police properly approached defendant and his van with weapons drawn, based upon statements by an identified informant whose reliability and basis of knowledge were, at least, sufficient to meet the standard of reasonable suspicion (see People v Herold, 282 A.D.2d 1, 4-5 [2001], lv denied 97 N.Y.2d 682 [2001]). The informant made his statement while under arrest...

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