People v. Gonzalez

Chief Judge Breitel.

The exclusive issue is whether in a criminal action defendants’ written consents to search their apartment were involuntary as a matter of law, as indeed the Appellate Division concluded.

Defendants, after denial of their motions to suppress drugs uncovered and seized under the consents, were convicted upon their pleas of guilty of possession of drugs (Penal Law, § 220.16). The Appellate Division unanimously reversed their convictions, on the law, vacated their pleas, granted defendants’ motions to suppress the drugs seized, and remanded to Supreme Court for further…