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PEOPLE v. HICKEY

40 N.Y.2d 761 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Dennis J. Hickey, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (William E. Balthasar of counsel), Buffalo, for appellant.

Wilbur P. Trammell, Buffalo, for respondent.

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

JASEN, J.

The issue on this appeal concerns the authority of the Justice Courts to issue search warrants directed at persons or premises located outside of their territorial jurisdiction. We conclude that such authority is lacking, absent a relationship between the target of the search warrant and an offense committed within the relevant political boundary.

The facts are not in dispute. On July 2, 1974...

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