Legal Opinion
People v. Vaccaro
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1976PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuchsberg, J.
The issue before us is whether a police search of a restaurant and the seizure, during that search, of eight guns violated either the State or the Federal Constitutions (NY Const, art I, § 12; US Const, 4th Arndt) because both the search and the seizure were conducted without a warrant. For the reasons which follow, we decide that there was here no constitutional violation, and that the judgment of conviction should be upheld.
Defendant was tried by jury. He was convicted of the crimes of criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, possession of a weapon, and, lastly, bribery…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- People v. KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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- People v. EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. DesmaratAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. LottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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