Legal Opinion

People v. Clark

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 22, 1981PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We cannot say as a matter of law that the record before the suppression court, including the minutes of the in camera examination of the confidential informant, did not provide a sufficient basis on which to find that the arresting officer had probable cause for the warrantless arrest of defendants. The record reveals the basis of the informant’s knowledge by detailing "how the informant acquired personal knowledge, and shows that this information was dis*943closed to the officer prior to the arrest (see People…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. DardenNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. People v. ElwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. LowenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. AuslanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. SMITH, WENDELL D., PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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