PEOPLE v. PITMAN

9092, 2908/10.

102 A.D.3d 595 (2013)

958 N.Y.S.2d 152

2013 NY Slip Op 429

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DWIGHT PITMAN, Appellant.

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

Decided January 29, 2013.


The court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress a pistol he discarded while fleeing from the police. Defendant's flight, coupled with circumstances providing a founded suspicion of criminality, warranted police pursuit (see e.g. People v Pines, 281 A.D.2d 311 [1st Dept 2001], affd 99 N.Y.2d 525 [2002]). Late at night, the police received...

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