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ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE PRESENTED EVIDENCE OF THE SHOWUP IDENTIFICATION AT THE SUPPRESSION HEARING, THEY DID NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE OF THE INITIAL STOP OF THE DEFENDANT; THE PEOPLE DID NOT MEET THEIR BURDEN TO SHOW THE LEGALITY OF THE POLICE CONDUCT; SUPPRESSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s conviction by guilty plea, determined the People did not present sufficient evidence at the suppression hearing and suppression of the seized evidence and statements should have been granted. Defendant was accused of a knifepoint robbery of a gas station and was identified in a showup procedure. At the suppression hearing, the People did not present any evidence of the initial stop of the defendant and therefore did not establish the legality of the police conduct:

“On a motion to suppress, the People bear the burden of going forward to establish the legality of police conduct in the first instance” … . “Where a police encounter is not justified in its inception, it cannot be validated by a subsequently acquired suspicion” … . Here, at the suppression hearing, the People failed to present any evidence establishing the basis for the police to have made the initial stop of the defendant. Thus, the People failed to carry their burden of establishing the legality of police conduct in the first instance, and all evidence recovered as a result of the unlawful stop must be suppressed … . People v Vazquez, 2022 NY Slip Op 07461, Second Dept 12-28-22

Practice Point: If, at the suppression hearing, the People do not present any evidence of the initial contact between the police and the defendant, they do not meet their burden to show the legality of the police conduct and suppression is required.

 

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