Legal Opinion
People v. Meyers
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided January 21, 1973PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtM. Marvin Berger, J.
This case raises the question whether an information charging a man with stealing and criminal possession of automobile license number plates may survive a preliminary hearing, despite the fact that the owner of the vehicle to which the plates were attached never testified that as the owner of the vehicle, he had never authorized the defendant to take or possess the plates.
On September 25,1972, at noon, at Hart Street and Broadway in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City Patrolman Richard Nabet saw the defendant, Lenny Meyers, unscrewing a license plate from a 1965 Ford automobile. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. LutzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- People v. . GalboNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of Roge v. ValentineNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Justice v. . LangNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In re Kevin G.New York City Family Court · 1975
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- People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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