Legal Opinion
People v. Henderson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 5, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J. P.
On appeal from convictions after a jury trial on charges of robbery, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, defendant *470argues that the rifle seized in plain view during a warrantless search of his apartment should have been suppressed. The question is whether there were exigent circumstances justifying the warrantless entry (see, People v Mealer, 57 NY2d 214, 219; People v Battee, 94 AD2d 935). We find the entry justified. The police in response to a report of a robbery arrived within minutes of the call at the apartment house in Niagara Falls where…
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