Legal Opinion

People v. Melvis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 20, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Miller, J.), rendered November 14, 1985, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed on the law, the aforementioned branch of the motion is granted, the indictment is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. CantorNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. DodtNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. LypkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. People v. LandyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

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