Legal Opinion
People v. King
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 5, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James A. Yates, J.
Albert King is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. He has moved to suppress 55 vials of crack cocaine and two statements alleged to have been made by him.
In People v Hollman (79 NY2d 181 [1992]), the New York Court of Appeals reaffirmed the use of a four-tiered analysis (levels I-IV) to evaluate the propriety of police encounters with private citizens. (See, People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210 [1976].) In addition, that Court and others have created a parallel hierarchy of police-observed drug activity, finding some…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. De BourNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994