Legal Opinion

People v. Adrion

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 21, 1993PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Titone, J.

Defendants were arrested by an FBI agent who discovered them unloading a truck containing stolen merchandise. The sole issue presented in their appeal from an Appellate Division order denying suppression is whether the People may refuse to comply with a trial court’s order to produce a confidential informant for a Darden inquiry 1 on the ground that the agent obtained enough confirmatory information through his own observations to justify a finding of probable cause. We conclude that the exception the People seek represents an unwarranted circumvention of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. People v. DardenNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. People v. ElwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. People v. CastilloNew York Court of Appeals · 1992

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. People v. EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. People v. SerranoNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. People v. CrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
  4. People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. People v. FarrowNew York Court of Appeals · 2002

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