People v. Balian
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtWitmer, J.
Because of improper search and seizure of drugs which were thereafter used in connection with defendant’s confession and trial to prove his guilt of their possession, the judgment of conviction must be reversed and a new trial granted.
Late on Christmas night, 1973 the police learned that a certain drugstore in Auburn had been burglarized. Acting on a "lead”, they followed footprints in snow to an apartment building at Nos. 17-19 Grant Avenue not far from the drugstore. They knocked at several apartment doors without response. At defendant’s door they received an answer from within, upon which…
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