In re Jaquan M

In In re Jaquan M., 97 AD3d 403, 948 N.Y.S.2d 51 (2012), the trial court denied suppression of the firearm, reasoning that the search was justified by "appellant's presence at night in a high-crime neighborhood, his furtive actions such as peering up and down the street and sidewalk, and his removal of a white object from his waistband, which, in the officers' experience, is where weapons are frequently concealed. The court noted appellant's inability to tell the officers where he was going without first looking at an address written on his arm, and that the officers knew that address to be in a high-crime area. The court further observed that appellant did not have identification, did not give his full name, and suggested that the officer look for some papers in the backpack. The court also relied on the fact that the officer who searched the backpack testified that it was much heavier than it would have been had it contained only papers" (Jaquan M., at 405).