People v. Brown

I respectfully dissent. In my view, Supreme Court erred in denying the motion of defendant to suppress evidence seized at his residence because the People failed to establish that the warrantless arrest made in defendant’s home was justified by exigent circumstances (see, People v Vennor, 176 AD2d 1217, 1219). The police had been informed by a third party that he had purchased drugs at the address of defendant’s residence earlier that evening, and the police recovered empty baggies containing what appeared to be cocaine residue from the third party. The third party showed the police the…