Legal Opinion
People v. Concepcion
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 14, 2011No. 104PublishedCited by 272 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
The outcome of this appeal is dictated by our decision in People v LaFontaine (92 NY2d 470 [1998]). There, Supreme Court denied suppression of plastic bags of cocaine and drug paraphernalia seized after the defendant’s arrest, basing its ruling on one of several alternative grounds put forward by the People to support the arrest’s lawfulness (159 Misc 2d 751 [1993]). LaFontaine subsequently pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
On appeal, the Appellate Division, with two Justices dissenting, disagreed with Supreme Court’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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