Legal Opinion
People v. Ruggieri
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph J aspan, J.
The defendants, accused of grand larceny and possession of stolen property, move to suppress physical property seized at the time of their arrest. They claim that the police, under the guise of a routine administrative inquiry, actually conducted a warrantless and illegal search.
At issue is the nature of the intrusion, the character of the premises, and the constitutional limits of police inquiry and inspection of a licensed business.
FINDINGS OF FACT
At 9:30 a.m. on August 30, 1973, a business day, a sergeant and four police officers visited a junkyard at 5851 Foster Avenue, Brooklyn for the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. BiswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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