Legal Opinion
People v. Payton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1978PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
We hold that an entry made for the purpose of effecting a felony arrest within the home of the person to be arrested by a police officer who has entered without permission of the owner, if based on probable cause, is not necessarily violative of the constitutional right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures even though the arresting officer has not obtained a warrant and there are no exigent circumstances.
Defendant Theodore Payton has been convicted on a jury’s verdict of the felony murder of a service station manager in connection with an armed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by117 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. TurriagoNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- People v. AbneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. RuthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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