Legal Opinion
People v. Quackenbush
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1996PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
Defendant has been charged with the offense of operating a motor vehicle with inadequate brakes (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375 [1]). He seeks to suppress evidence of the defective condition of his brakes which was obtained by police when his vehicle was impounded and inspected after being involved in a fatal accident. Defendant claims that the police lacked the authority to impound his vehicle and that the warrantless inspection of his brakes that yielded evidence of their defective condition constituted an illegal search and seizure in violation of the 4th and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Martinez-FuerteSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by27 opinions
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