Legal Opinion
People v. Langen
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 1983PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*172OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
This appeal presents the question left undecided in People v Belton (55 NY2d 49, 54, n 3): whether, when police engage in a lawful search pursuant to the automobile exception to the State and Federal Constitutions’ warrant requirements, they may search a locked container located in the passenger compartment of an automobile. It is held that when the circumstances giving rise to probable cause to arrest a driver or passenger in the automobile also support the belief that the automobile contains contraband related to the crime for which the arrest is made,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by115 opinions
- People v. BlasichNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1986
- People v. EllisNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Commonwealth v. CastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- People v. GokeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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