Legal Opinion
People v. Brown
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 17, 1976PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
On September 20, 1972 a police officer appeared before a Supreme Court Justice in Bronx County and applied for a warrant to search an apartment located on Jackson Avenue in The Bronx. After being sworn the officer orally presented his application to the Judge and his statements were recorded by a court reporter. In substance he stated that a registered police informant had told him that he, the informant, had seen drugs and handguns at the apartment on two occasions. According to the officer the informant saw 50 quarter ounces of heroin being cut and packaged on September 5 and again that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by68 opinions
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- People v. SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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