PEOPLE v. ADAMS


53 N.Y.2d 1 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Clarence Adams, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Winestine and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Timothy J. McGinn and Steven R. Kartagener of counsel), for respondent.

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


JASEN, J.

On this appeal, we are once again called upon to delineate the bounds of the exclusionary rule. The specific question presented is whether evidence obtained as a result of the warrantless search of a closet in the defendant's apartment should have been suppressed. To answer this question, we must determine whether, under the circumstances of this case, the reasonable, although mistaken, reliance by police...

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