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People v. Coutin

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 1, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 930 (N.Y. 1991)

Opinion

Decided July 1, 1991

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Joan Carey, J.

Steven A. Feldman and Arza Rayches Feldman for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Gregory H. Mansfield of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant has been convicted of two counts of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10). The only issue presented on this appeal is whether defendant's motion to suppress the evidence found in the car should have been granted. Evidence in the record supports Supreme Court's undisturbed findings and these findings provide a legally sufficient basis for the determination that the police officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the car occupied by defendant, reasonable concern for their safety in approaching the car with their weapons drawn and ordering defendant and the other occupants to alight, and probable cause to search the interior of the car for a weapon and evidence of the crime.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 N.Y.CRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Coutin

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 1, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 930 (N.Y. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Coutin

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE COUTIN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 1, 1991

Citations

78 N.Y.2d 930 (N.Y. 1991)
573 N.Y.S.2d 633
578 N.E.2d 431

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