PEOPLE v. BURKE


60 A.D.2d 959 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lester Burke, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 26, 1978


Stolen firearms were discovered in the storage compartment of defendant's station wagon and the only argument presented by him on this appeal following his trial and conviction for the possession thereof is that those weapons came into police custody as the result of an illegal search. The prosecution maintains probable cause and exigent circumstances justified the warrantless search of that vehicle and, alternatively, that defendant consented thereto. While the minutes of...

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