Legal Opinion

People v. Velasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 9, 2013PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Aloise, J.), rendered December 19, 2011, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence was properly denied, based on the plain view doctrine, which “rests on the premise that police should be able to seize…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. People v. DiazNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. United States v. Earl DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. People v. KnightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
  5. People v. JohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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