Legal Opinion

People v. Adler

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 3, 1980PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Cooke.

The warrantless police search and seizure of a parcel at its Kennedy Airport destination, when viewed in conjunction with a prior valid search and seizure accomplished at an airline terminal in Los Angeles and the continuity of police control throughout, was not constitutionally offensive.

Defendant was arrested at Kennedy after she retrieved a package shipped by air to her from California. The package was seized, her handbag was searched and narcotics were found in both. There followed an indictment for two counts of criminal possession of a controlled…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Arkansas v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. United States v. Van LeeuwenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. State v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  4. State v. EisemanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
  5. United States v. Bradley Thomas Jacobsen and Donna Marie JacobsenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982

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