Legal Opinion
People v. Knapp
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 1981PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
Defendant Warren Knapp was convicted, following a jury trial, of criminal possession and of criminal sale of a controlled substance, each in the sixth degree (Penal Law, §§ 220.06, 220.31). The Appellate Division having affirmed, the appeal is here by permission of a Judge of this court (CPL 460.20).
In the main, we are called upon to decide whether the *692warrantless search of defendant’s home, conducted at the time of his arrest, was reasonable within the meaning of our Constitutions (NY Const, art I, § 12; US Const, 4th, 14th Arndts). For the reasons which…
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- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by110 opinions
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