Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. New York State Department of Labor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 23, 2011Published

1Dissent

Spain, J.P (dissenting).

Respectfully, we dissent. In our view, the global positioning system (hereinafter GPS) evidence submitted against petitioner was obtained by an unconstitutional search and, therefore, the charges sustained by virtue of that evidence must be reversed. However, as the majority recognizes, charges 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are supported by inde*1352pendent evidence, thus we would remit for the imposition of a penalty based solely on those sustainable charges.

Here, the search conducted on behalf of respondent had to be reasonable not only at inception — conceded here — but also…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. WeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
  2. Boyd v. ConstantineNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Morris v. Port Authority of New York & New JerseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  4. Delaraba v. Nassau County Police DepartmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1994

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