People v. Dancey

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant contends that the seizure of an incriminatory handwritten note from her apartment violated her rights under the search and seizure provisions of the Federal and State Constitutions because, at the time of the seizure, the exigency which justified the initial presence of the police in the apartment no longer existed and her consent to their initial entry was no longer viable. Consequently, defendant argues that the evidence obtained as a result of the entry should have been suppressed.

Upon review of…