People v. Volpe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Police officers entered defendant’s apartment without a warrant after a Federal agent and the officers overheard incriminating conversations from inside the apartment. Defendant argues that a finding of probable cause cannot be sustained because the agent and officers were not lawfully present in the hallway outside his apartment, having failed to establish that their entry into the common areas of the locked, restricted access multiple-unit dwelling was authorized. Examination of the record of the…