Legal Opinion

People v. Fletcher

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 29, 2015PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garnett, J.), rendered September 12, 2012, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Carroll, J.), of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

*1064Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On a motion by a defendant to suppress physical evidence, the People have the burden of going forward to show the legality of the police conduct in the first…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  3. People v. StultzNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. De BourNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  3. People v. ClermontAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. McCleanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. BaezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022

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