Legal Opinion
People v. Akwa
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Caesar Cirigliano, J.
The defendants are charged with robbery and related offenses for the gunpoint theft of an automobile. The novel question presented in this case is whether police testimony identifying the defendants as being the individuals who were riding in the stolen car when it was stopped is subject to suppression along with the more traditional, tangible fruits of the unlawful stop of that car. I hold that this evidence falls within the ambit of Fourth Amendment proscription and that the suppression of this testimony is necessary to enforce basic constitutional…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Davis v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- People v. BerriosNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
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