People v. Laskaris
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LAZER, J.
This appeal by the People from a suppression order presents yet another example of the endless varieties of factual patterns which mandate interpretation of the Fourth Amendment. Despite the People’s belated effort to justify the challenged police conduct on a theory not raised during the suppression hearing, we believe the only real issue is probable cause to arrest.
On December 20, 1977 Dino Frisone met with an undercover police officer at the latter’s Queens apartment to negotiate the sale of one eighth of an ounce of cocaine. When the negotiations concluded and…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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