Legal Opinion
People v. Rice
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James A. Yates, J.
*540Wayne Rice is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1]). Initially, his car was stopped for failing to signal a change of lanes. When the police saw a folding knife clipped to his pants pocket he was arrested. Following a strip search in a police station house, cocaine was recovered from a plastic package in his underwear. He challenges the lawfulness of the police conduct leading to the search. In particular, he challenges the stop of his vehicle and he challenges the reasonableness of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- People v. IngleNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Byer v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. Martinez-LopezNew York District Court · 2007
- People v. TamburrinoCity of New York Municipal Court · 2009
- People v. JamesCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2007