Legal Opinion
People v. Sullivan
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William D. Friedmann, J.
The defendant, an owner-operator of an automobile salvage yard, is charged with possession of stolen property in the second degree. He seeks to suppress all physical evidence seized from his salvage yard as the result of a so-called administrative search of his premises pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 415-a (5) and New York City Charter § 436.
RELEVANT FACTS
On September 6, 1983, 5 to 6 members of the 90-man Auto Crime Division of the New York City Police Department, including Detective Donald Gleason, entered the defendant’s place of business,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. BurgerNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. KetaNew York Supreme Court · 1989
- People v. SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986