Legal Opinion
People v. Gibson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1969PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
Each of the five cases heard together on this appeal involves a conviction for the sale of narcotics in violation of se tion 1751 (subd. 1) of the former Penal Law; and, additionally, all the cases share a common question: whether the transmission to police by an informant by means of a radio device concealed on his person of incriminating conversations with defendants is a violation of their constitutional rights.
The New York statute prohibiting eavesdropping and making it a crime expressly excepts from its interdiction of conversations overheard through instrumental means by persons not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- On Lee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Osborn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. GoldfeldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- People v. WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Parlante v. CavalleroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. HochbergNew York Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. KirshAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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