Legal Opinion

People v. Turner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to the contention of defendant that County Court erred in failing to suppress statements he made to police officers and a black bag containing burglar’s tools. The bag had been abandoned by defendant in a backyard in the neighborhood where a string of burglaries had taken place. By abandoning the bag, defendant relinquished any expectation of privacy he may have had in it, and his calculated act was not the result of illegal police activity (see, People v Toodles, 184 AD2d 674, Iv denied 80 NY2d 910; People v Hughes, 174 AD2d 692,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. People v. ToodlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. StebbinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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