People v. Vasquez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Corriero, J.), rendered January 25, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a juvenile offender, to a term of 3 Vs to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized during the warrantless police entry of his apartment was properly denied. The officers’ reliance on defendant’s uncle’s apparent authority to consent to their entry was reasonable under the totality of circumstances (see People v Adams, 53 NY2d 1, 9). Defendant’s uncle lived in a…