Legal Opinion
People v. Young
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 7, 1982PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The question presented for our review on this appeal is whether in a criminal proceeding police officers may properly be allowed to testify to the underlying facts and circumstances surrounding appellant’s unlawful arrest notwithstanding the suppression of both physical evidence seized from appellant at the time of his arrest and testimony regarding an unlawful showup conducted immediately after the arrest. We hold that they may.
On the morning of March 22,1978 Thomas Pimentel was working alone at his cousin’s grocery store in The Bronx. At approximately 10:30…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- People v. GarrigaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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