Legal Opinion

People v. Taylor

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

Decided March 7, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel McCullough, J, at hearing; Roger S. Hayes, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered August 30, 2011, convicting defendant of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. During an undisputedly lawful car stop, the police saw bags of *432what they believed to be stolen property. The record supports the hearing court’s finding that the police properly seized these bags under the plain view doctrine.

Defendant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. People v. MarteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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