Legal Opinion
People v. Lent
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Daniel F. McMahon, J.
Defendant is charged in a single-count indictment with the possession of a gravity knife1 on March 26,1980. A suppression hearing was held on November 6, 1980. The only real issue is whether property seized incidental to a good-faith arrest, based on an arrest warrant which unbeknownst to the officers had been previously vacated, must be suppressed or whether, under the circumstances, there was sufficient probable cause for the arrest and the accompanying search and seizure of the knife. The People called Sergeant Edward Hayes and Police Officers Bart…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Michigan v. DeFillippoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hill v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- People v. LypkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. WallsNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Bellows v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. RamirezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. JonesCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1981
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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