People v. Love

Defendant moves to suppress certain evidence on the ground that it is the fruit of an illegal search.

The salient facts are these:

A police officer had a warrant which had been issued by a court of New York County for the arrest of defendant. He went to premises 2405 Marion Avenue, Bronx County, apartment 4-E, in order to execute the warrant and to take defendant into custody. Upon learning of the officer’s identity when the officer arrived there, defendant hurriedly left the apartment by bolting through a window. However, when she landed in the alley-way at the end of her descent, she was…