People v. Rivera

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1964-07-10

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Bergan, J. This appeal involves the right of police to stop a person in the public street and question him under circumstances that would reasonably actuate investigation and inquiry. An additional and rather separable legal question arises on the right of police to “frisk” the person being questioned as an incident to the inquiry. The ‘ ‘ stop and frisk ’ ’ amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (L. 1964,…

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