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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

20 N.Y.2d 388 (1967)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leon Williams and Elliot Edwards, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois P. Sheinfeld and Anthony F. Marra for appellants.

Aaron E. Koota, District Attorney (Michael Schwartz of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BERGAN and BREITEL concur with Judge KEATING; Judges BURKE and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm on the ground that the arresting officer had sufficient probable cause to enter the premises.

KEATING, J.

Detective Dorrish received confidential information from an informer who had given him reliable information in the past. As a result of this information, Dorrish placed under observation a three-story apartment building in Brooklyn. Two men entered and, upon their exit from the building, were placed under arrest and charged with possession of heroin.

In the police car, the two men stated that...

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