Legal Opinion
In re of an Investigation into the Death of Jon L.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 17, 1982PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
One of the greatest contributions of American law may be the protection it affords the individual against the power of the government itself. However, the values this bespeaks often require a delicate balancing of the individual interest in privacy and dignity against circumstances which may call for intrusion by organized society. In this context, we now are called upon to determine the exr tremely sensitive issue of whether a suspect in a homicide investigation may be compelled, pursuant to court order, to supply the People with corporeal evidence, in this…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- People v. Wesley, New York County Courts1988
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