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· 10/3/1983

Hicksville Motors v. Merchants Mutual Insurance

Citations

  • 97 A.D.2d 396
  • 467 N.Y.S.2d 220
  • 1983 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 19978

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  • determining that description and license plate of the vehicle is sufficient for a stop because New York law allows police to act on an anonymous source if it is a matter gravely affecting personal or public safety
  • police stop of reportedly intoxicated driver “may be based upon information from an anonymous source where, as here, it relates to ‘matters gravely affecting personal or public safety”’
  • police stop of reportedly intoxicated driver “may be based upon information from an anonymous source where, as here, it relates to ‘matters gravely affecting personal or public safety’”

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