Legal Opinion
People v. Powell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 25, 1971PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGivern, J.
The People appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Brest, J.), entered June 18, 1970, granting defendants’ motions to suppress narcotics evidence as having been obtained as a result of illegal search and seizure. We disagree and would deny the motions.
Since the latter part of October, 1969, the police of the Narcotics Division had been conducting an investigation into the activities of one Beverly Massey, a known figure in the illegal narcotics trade. Surveillance began with the receipt of a phone call on October 24, 1969. That informant gave the names and addresses of four…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- James E. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Martin Judson Smith, Jr. And John Thomas Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. McCallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. TinsleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- United States ex rel. Powell v. LaValleeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- People v. SimmonsNew York Supreme Court · 1976