Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 15, 2011 (People v. Miles)

The Supreme Court properly determined that the arresting officers lacked an objective, credible reason for approaching the stopped car in which the defendant was a passenger, identifying themselves as police officers, and shining at least one flashlight into the car (see People v Ocasio, 85 NY2d 982, 984 [1995]; see also People v McIntosh, 96 NY2d 521, 525 [2001]; People v Holl*1011man, 79 NY2d