People v. Benitez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Birns, J.
The actions of police officers in seizing evidence in defendant’s apartment without a warrant and without consent and thereafter questioning the defendant who was represented by counsel in a criminal proceeding requires reversal and a new trial.
At trial, the defendant was identified as one of three men who participated in a robbery of a real estáte office located on the Grand Concourse in the late afternoon of April 11, 1977. *198Three of the victims identified the defendant as the robber wielding a sawed-off shotgun with a black taped stock. On April 21, 1977 the…
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