PEOPLE v. DUMBUYA

1765, 5021/11.

142 A.D.3d 922 (2016)

37 N.Y.S.3d 889

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TAMBASSIE DUMBUYA, Appellant.

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

Decided September 29, 2016.


The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. In a high crime area around midnight, an officer saw defendant carrying a heavy, bulging object in his right waistband area, which defendant adjusted several times as he walked. As the police approached to question him, defendant quickly adjusted the bulge in his waistband and then fled. This combination of circumstances provided reasonable suspicion justifying the police...

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