PEOPLE v. DOLL

No. 141.

21 N.Y.3d 665 (2013)

998 N.E.2d 384

975 N.Y.S.2d 721

2013 NY Slip Op 6726

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SCOTT F. DOLL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, LLP, Buffalo ( Timothy P Murphy and Paul J. Cambria, Jr: , of counsel), for appellant.

Lawrence Friedman , District Attorney, Batavia ( William G. Zickl and Melissa Lightcap Cianfrini of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the courts below correctly concluded that the actions of the police were a reasonable response to a serious and ongoing exigent situation under the emergency doctrine.

I

At about 9:00 p.m. one evening in February 2009, the Genesee County Sheriff's Department received a 911 report of a suspicious person walking...

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