Legal Opinion
People v. More
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 2002PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Defendant was convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1]), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 220.06 [5]), resisting arrest (Penal Law § 205.30) and false personation (Penal Law § 190.23). The drug possession counts related to 2.37 grams of crack cocaine which the police extracted from defendant’s rectum during a strip search incident to his arrest. The dispositive issue on this appeal is the validity of that seizure under the Fourth Amendment of the United…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Swain v. SpinneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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