The court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the revolver recovered from his person. The police actions were lawful at each stage of the encounter.
Police officers conducting a nighttime vertical patrol of a Housing Authority building saw defendant coming up the stairs in a ninth floor stairwell. When defendant saw the police, he "paused" and "looked around," displaying "nervous" behavior. These circumstances provided an officer with an "objective credible...
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