Legal Opinion

People v. Green

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 29, 1974PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.

On May 5, 1971, New York City detectives

assigned to the Special Investigating Unit of the Narcotics División obtained search warrants for four apartments in Manhattan. Each of the warrant applications was based on observations at the premises and information supplied by an undisclosed informant who had previously furnished information leading to three narcotics convictions. During the surveillances, made on two specific dates in late April or early May, “ drug sellers ” were seen entering and leaving the apartments. The informant, the affidavits state, “ was in the aforementioned apartment…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Keiningham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
  2. United States v. David BacaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. People v. HavelkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. NievesNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. BurtsNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  5. People v. PaytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

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