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PEOPLE v. WOOD

31 N.Y.2d 975 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Raymond Wood, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Mistrett, Nathaniel A. Barrell, Henrietta M. Wolfgang and James Brook for appellant.

Michael F. Dillon, District Attorney (Judith Blake Manzella of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, JASEN, JONES and WACHTLER concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judges BREITEL and GABRIELLI taking no part.

Per Curiam.

One who alone occupies a room in a hotel or an apartment in an apartment house is deemed to have exclusive possession and control over those premises — at least for purposes of search and seizure in the criminal law — and no third party may consent to their being entered or searched by the police. (See Stoner v. California, 376 U.S. 483; Chapman v...

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