New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Ernest Brannon, Appellant; the People of the State of New York…
May 5, 201116 N.Y.3d 596
Summary
The Court held that a police officer must have specific, articulable facts indicating a knife is a gravity knife before a stop and frisk is justified, reversing the Brannon conviction and affirming the Fernandez conviction; Judge Jones concurred in Brannon and dissented in Fernandez.