Legal Opinion
People v. Bigelow
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 26, 1985PublishedCited by 678 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
On December 26, 1981 while driving in the Village of Arcade, New York, defendant was arrested without a warrant and his automobile seized. He was subsequently charged and convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of hypodermic needles. The contraband upon which his conviction rests was not seized by a search incident to the arrest but was discovered by subsequent searches of his person and automobile authorized by a search warrant issued 30 minutes after the arrest.
Before pleading guilty defendant moved…
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