Legal Opinion

People v. Cohen

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

Decided April 26, 1982PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mollen, P. J.

On this appeal, we are called upon to determine the lawfulness of a warrantless search of the defendant’s apartment by police who had been summoned to investigate a shooting. The case reaches us in the posture of an appeal by the People from so much of an order as suppressed certain evidence found in the course of the search.

On the evening of September 24,1976 the police received a telephone call that someone had been shot at the condominium apartment shared by Dr. Seymour Cohen and his wife, defendant Patricia Cohen. The first officer arrived at the apartment…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. People v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. NeulistAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
  4. People v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
  5. People v. DanceyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. DesmaratAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. People v. RiellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. GeorgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. People v. EddoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. ReillyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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