Legal Opinion

People v. Natal

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 27, 1990PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

This appeal challenges the District Attorney’s conduct in obtaining — by subpoena returnable to himself — defendant’s clothing and personal effects which were taken at the time of arrest and held at the jail during pretrial confinement. We conclude that in this case defendant suffered no constitutional deprivation, and that the conviction should be affirmed despite the District Attorney’s misuse of court process.

*382In connection with his arrest and detention for breaking into a house in the City of Rye, defendant was taken to police headquarters, where he was forced…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Matter of Spector v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1939

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. People v. WeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
  2. State v. CheatamWashington Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Wallace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
  4. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Rodrigues v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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