People v. Levan
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Und.er the Fourth Amendment and section 12 of article I of the New York State Constitution, the police, without a warrant and in the absence of exigent circumstances, may not enter a private dwelling to arrest its occupant solely because the occupant has opened his door in response to a neighbor’s knock.
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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Und.er the Fourth Amendment and section 12 of article I of the New York State Constitution, the police, without a warrant and in the absence of exigent circumstances, may not enter a private dwelling to arrest its occupant solely because the occupant has opened his door in response to a neighbor’s knock. (.Payton v New York, 445 US 573; Steag-ald v United States, 451 US 204; Katz v United States, 389 US 347; United States v Watson, 423 US 411; Silverman v United States, 365 US 505; McDonald v United States, 335 US 451; United States v Johnson, 626 F2d 753; United States v…
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
Police may not, absent exigent circumstances or consent, enter a suspect’s home to make a warrantless arrest. In view of the findings of no exigent circumstances and no consent, the order of the Appellate Division affirming defendant’s conviction should be reversed, as his warrant-less arrest in his apartment was unlawful and the failure to suppress evidence seized in a search incident to. that arrest was error.
Defendant was indicted for murder in the second degree and for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Those charges stemmed from the shooting…
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