Tejada v. Christian

Lupiano, J. (dissenting).

The critical issue raised on this appeal is whether the testimony of the police officer as to the presence of a gun on petitioner’s son was properly admitted into evidence at the administrative hearing. Recognition of established legal principles mandates an affirmative response under the circumstances herein.

In this case the petitioner tenant’s 18-year-old son was discovered with a fully loaded .25 caliber automatic gun by a Housing Authority police officer, who had been informed during the course of an investigation of a crime involving stolen property that the…