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PEOPLE v. HANLON

36 N.Y.2d 549 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Smith Hanlon, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Joseph Rosen, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Frederick Fredericks, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd A. Feuer and George Sandberg for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Henry G. Wenzel, III, District Attorney (David F. Jordan of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (William E. Balthasar of counsel), for appellant in the second and third above-entitled actions.

Lawrence A. Schulz and Michael J. Brown for respondent in second above-entitled action.

Salten Rodenberg and Nathan D. Seeberg for respondent in the third above-entitled action.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

WACHTLER, J.

These appeals involve two distinct factual situations. Since these defendants challenge the sufficiency of affidavits submitted in support of applications for search warrants, the appeals will be considered together. Our focus rests essentially on the troublesome issue of whether information supplied by undisclosed informants, which is recited in the supporting affidavit, constitutes probable cause...

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