THOMPSON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

6149 303003/13.

159 A.D.3d 654 (2018)

70 N.Y.S.3d 830

2018 NY Slip Op 02267

LAWRENCE THOMPSON, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants.

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

Decided March 29, 2018.


Plaintiff alleges that he was unlawfully arrested and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree (Penal Law § 170.20) due to the erroneous conclusion that the temporary license plate on his vehicle was forged. Plaintiff cannot prevail on his false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution claims because the police officer's observations, based on his training and experience with similar license plates, provided a reasonable...

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