People v. Hauser
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCHNEPP, J.
The main issue on this appeal is whether the pat-down search conducted by the police deprived defendant of his Fourth Amendment rights, requiring suppression of a loaded handgun found on his person and his subsequent confession. We hold that in the circumstance of this case the search violated defendant’s constitutional rights and that *461County Court erred in denying defendant’s suppression motions.
The relevant facts are as follows: At approximately 6:00 P.M. on February 23, 1970 James Clouden, a Buffalo police officer, while working a second job as a security…
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