PEOPLE v. MALDONADO


76 A.D.2d 691 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Patricia Maldonado, Appellant

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

September 2, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarisohn, Sarisohn, Carner, Thierman, Steindler & Le Bow (Walter G. Steindler and Floyd Sarisohn of counsel), for appellant.

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (Charles M. Newell of counsel), for respondent.

HOPKINS, J. P., DAMIANI and LAZER, JJ., concur.


TITONE, J.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether, under the circumstances, a police search of an unsealed cardboard box was proper. The appellant contends that the trial court's denial of her motion to suppress the contents of the box, a quantity of cocaine, mandates reversal.

The pertinent facts, as revealed from the minutes of the suppression hearing, are not in dispute. On the morning of April...

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