People v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Boomer, J.

Defendant was charged with criminal possession of stolen property after the police searched her automobile and found certain items of clothing stolen from a department store. As the result of a hearing, County Court suppressed the fruits of the search, certain admissions made by defendant to the police, and in-court identification testimony of an eyewitness. The People appeal and we conclude that this evidence should not have been suppressed.

In suppressing the items found in the automobile, the court held that the warrantless search was illegal because "there was…