Legal Opinion

People v. Burton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 23, 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the first degree. He appeals from denial of his motion to suppress a gun recovered from the house of his girlfriend when police responded to a report of a shooting at that address. The motion was denied when defense counsel sought discontinuance of the suppression hearing and conceded that defendant lacked standing to contest the search after defendant admitted in open court that he did not live at the house.

It was not error for the court to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. RamosNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. RiversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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