Legal Opinion
People v. Carrasquillo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 23, 1981PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
In the main, we here determine whether, under the facts in this case, William Carrasquillo’s arrest following a street encounter with the police was made with probable cause, and, if it was not, whether physical evidence seized at the time of his arrest should have been suppressed as violative of the Fourth Amendment and the comparable section of our State Constitution (NY Const, art I, § 12; US Const, 4th. Amdt).
The defendant was acquitted of robbery in the first degree but convicted of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law, § 160.10, subd 1), for which,…
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