People v. McGriff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
At issue on this appeal is the validity of the telephone search warrant which authorized a search of the premises where defendant resided and, also, of another residential dwelling some distance away. Our focus is directed both to the underlying sufficiency of the warrant itself and to the question of whether collateral estoppel effect should be accorded to the holding made in the separate case involving the other dwelling that such warrant was, in fact, infirm.
The relevant facts are as follows: On the evening of September 10, 1985, New York City Police Sergeant…
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