Legal Opinion

People v. Windrum

New York County Courts

Decided July 1, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Donald J. Wisner, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether the applicant on a search warrant has a duty to inform the issuing magistrate of the fact that the informant providing the probable cause for the search warrant has previously given a contradictory version of the material facts.

The defendant in this case stands indicted for the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. The police, in executing a search warrant on May 4,1984 at the defendant’s apartment at 685 West Main Street in the City of Rochester, discovered a quantity of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. People v. EasleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. KaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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