Legal Opinion
People v. Katz
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided September 26, 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Farley, P. J.
Defendants are charged with violating the zoning, building and housing codes of the City of Long Beach. A search warrant applied for by the city, and based upon probable cause to believe a crime was being committed, sought to search the interior of a building for the purpose of obtaining visual evidence of the suspected violations. Defendants moved to controvert the warrant and the motion was granted. The City Court held that there was no authority under the Criminal Procedure Law for the issuance of an administrative search warrant and therefore the court…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Lybrand v. LevittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- People v. AbruzziNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. TeicherNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. KatzCity of New York Municipal Court · 1980
3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. SikorskyAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2002
- In re Administrative Inspection of Property Under the Control of Kun, New York County Courts2002
- Informal Opinion No., New York Attorney General Reports1985