People v. Brnja
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
The principal question on appeal is whether, under the circumstances, the action of police officers (1) in ordering defendant and his alleged accomplice to leave the van in which they were traveling, (2) placing them in custody and handcuffing them, and (3) transporting them to the scene of the robbery for identification, tainted both the ensuing pretrial identification of defendant and the search of the van.
The judgment should be…
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- People v. LoganNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
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