Legal Opinion
People v. Floyd
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 1968PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.
This is a motion to suppress evidence consisting of a quantity of heroin.
Two questions are involved here: One is the validity of an arrest by a New York City police officer of one for whom there is in fact an outstanding Federal warrant but which the police officer did not have in his possession at the time of arrest, and the other is the validity of such arrest when made by the entry into a hotel room with a passkey obtained from the hotel clerk, without first giving notice of the officer’s authority and purpose. The facts, developed upon a hearing, are as follows:
On October 28, 1967, at…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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- People v. LoewelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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