Legal Opinion
People v. Class
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1984PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
A police officer’s nonconsensual entry into an individual’s automobile to determine the vehicle identification number violates the Federal and State Constitutions where it is based solely on a stop for a traffic infraction (US Const, 4th Arndt; NY Const, art I, § 12).
On May 11, 1981, in the late afternoon, Police Officers Lawrence Meyer and William McNamee observed defendant driving 5 to 10 miles per hour above the speed limit, in a car with the windshield cracked on the passenger side. The officers drove alongside defendant’s car and instructed him to pull over.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by61 opinions
- New York v. ClassSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- People v. TorresNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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