People v. Lapi

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered June 23, 1977, which, after a hearing, granted defendants’ motion to controvert a search warrant and to suppress the evidence seized thereunder. Order reversed, on the law, and motion denied. Defendants were indicted for the crimes of promoting gambling in the first degree and possession of gambling records in the first degree. The indictment followed the search of an apartment in Brooklyn made pursuant to a search warrant signed on March 20, 1975. The defendants moved to controvert the search warrant and suppress…