Legal Opinion

People v. Perry

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

Decided November 20, 1980PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kupferman, J. P.

At approximately 6 p.m. on March 7, 1977, two police officers observed defendant on the roof of a building on West 149th Street in Manhattan. The defendant was familiar to both officers from photographs of known burglars circulated in the precinct station house and from a previous arrest made by one of these officers. The officers arrested defendant for burglary some 10 minutes later on a nearby avenue. There had actually been a burglary at the building on West 149th Street.

Defendant had not properly raised the issue of the legality of his arrest in his…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. People v. TarsiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. TaberAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  3. People v. WilliamsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  5. People v. BelgenioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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