People v. Pines
| Citation | 99 N.Y.2d 525,752 N.Y.S.2d 266,782 N.E.2d 62 |
| Parties | THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBBIE PINES, Appellant. |
| Decision Date | 19 November 2002 |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals |
Marianne Karas, Armonk, for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Mary C. Farrington and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Robin A. Forshaw, Caitlin J. Halligan, Daniel Smirlock and Laurie M. Israel of counsel), for New York State, amicus curiae.
Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
On February 19, 1998, shortly before 11:00 P.M., three plainclothes New York Police Department officers were patrolling 152nd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, a drug-prone area, in an unmarked vehicle. According to police testimony at the suppression hearing, defendant was first observed walking on 152nd Street, with another individual, and looking around nervously. Suspecting that a drug transaction might take place, the officers, in their car, slowly followed the individuals. When defendant first saw the car, his eyes "bulged out." He continued to walk down the street talking to his companion, but his gaze remained fixed on the police vehicle. As the car came closer, defendant placed his right arm against the side of his bubble jacket bunching it up by reaching underneath with his hand in a cupping motion, reminding the testifying officer of how he himself would sometimes adjust a gun under a jacket. As the police vehicle drew closer, defendant maneuvered in such a way as to keep his right side out of view of the officers until, when the car drove up parallel to the two, defendant abruptly turned and began walking in the opposite direction abandoning his companion, still cradling the side of his coat.
Two officers exited the car and approached defendant displaying their shields, asking if they could talk for a minute. Defendant ran away. Pursuing defendant on foot, one officer saw defendant with a gun in his hand and then observed him throw it into a garbage can as he ran down the sidewalk approaching the intersection of 152nd Street and Broadway. The officers apprehended defendant and recovered the gun.
Supreme Court suppressed the gun and statements made to police. The Appellate Division reversed,...
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