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THE POLICE HAD ENOUGH CAUSE FOR A LEVEL TWO INQUIRY BUT DID NOT HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT THE TIME DEFENDANT WAS STOPPED, FRISKED AND BROUGHT TO THE GROUND (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the police did not have reasonable suspicion defendant was involved in a crime at the time defendant was stopped, grabbed and brought to the ground. The police were aware there had been 10 robberies in the area where the victims were punched or struck with objects. The arresting officer saw two men, including the defendant, holding onto a third man on a bicycle. When the men saw the police, one man ran and the man on the bicycle left the scene. Defendant began walking. The police stopped defendant with the police car. The officer touched what he thought was a gun in defendant’s pocket and then brought defendant to the ground. At the station the defendant stated the gun belonged to one of the other men and he had prevented a shooting: The gun and the statement should have been suppressed:

Officer Garcia did not have the requisite reasonable suspicion to detain and frisk the defendant. The unusual interaction that Officer Garcia described regarding the man on the bicycle, coupled with reports and “intel” as to robberies in the area, may have provided circumstances giving rise to a founded suspicion that criminal activity was afoot—i.e., level two under De Bour. Thus, Officer Garcia would have had a right of inquiry that permitted him to approach the defendant. However, rather than conducting meaningful inquiry to further his investigation, after the police vehicle stopped in front of the defendant, Officer Garcia exited the vehicle and immediately grabbed the defendant and touched his right rear pants pocket. People v Hernandez, 2024 NY Slip Op 00196, Second Dept 1-17-24

Practice Point: The case illustrates the difference between the police having enough information to approach a defendant on the street to make an inquiry, and having reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Here the police had sufficient cause to inquire further, but not to stop and frisk.

 

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