Legal Opinion
People v. Gonzales
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided November 9, 1961PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham N. Geller, J.
This is one of a number of motions brought in this court following the recent landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is inadmissible in a State court. (Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U. S. 643 [June 19, 1961].) Thus the exclusionary rule barring the use in the Federal courts of evidence- procured by means of unreasonable searches and seizures prohibited by the Fourth Amendment, which was first promulgated in 1914 (Weeks v. United States, 232 U. S. 383), has finally been imposed upon the States…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. Utica Daw's Drug Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
- People v. AbramsonNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- People v. GollyNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- People v. ConklinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. WagmanNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1961
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