Legal Opinion
People v. Pearson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbing the court’s credibility determinations. The stolen keys and jewelry recovered from defendant, as well as his statements pertaining thereto, were not the product of a warrantless entry into his apartment. The location of defendant’s arrest is dispositive of his claim under Payton v New York (445 US 573 [1980]). The evidence supports the hearing court’s finding that a detective (possessing undisputed probable cause to arrest) intercepted defendant at the threshold of his apartment and stopped him from…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- United States v. SantanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. ReynosoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. ParsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- The People v. Sean GarvinNew York Court of Appeals · 2017