People v. Abrams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lazer, J.
The issue is the effect of a police ruse on the validity of a consent to search. On the facts before us, the consent was not undermined by the police conduct involved.
At about 4:15 a.m. on October 9, 1978, Police Officer Jerome Leonard peered from the window of his house and saw a man emerge from a house across the street and place *156articles in the trunk of a car about 50 feet from Leonard’s home. During the approximately seven minutes that Leonard observed him, the individual made two trips to the car. Leonard recorded the license plate number and promptly…
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