Legal Opinion
People v. Waddy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 31, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margett, J.
On this appeal from a judgment convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, two issues are raised. The first, whether defendant has standing to challenge the seizure of physical evidence taken from a codefendant, brings into focus the doctrine of "automatic standing”—is the doctrine still viable and, if so, does it apply to the facts of this case? The second issue, whether defendant’s admission at the police station should have been suppressed, raises the question whether the admission was so tainted by the illegal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. McCloudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- People v. BuckleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. JohnsonNew York Supreme Court · 1980
- People ex rel. King v. New York State Board of ParoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979