People v. Lovejoy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered January 10, 1990, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7 Vi to 15 years on each count, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s allegations in support of his suppression motions conceded that he and a toy gun were seized by hotel security guards who "displayed” defendant to the complainant. The acts of private security guards do not constitute government activity subject to Fourth Amendment scrutiny…
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