PEOPLE v. CLARK


54 N.Y.2d 941 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald Clark, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Walter Wilson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica Horwitz and William E. Hellerstein for Ronald Clark, appellant.

Martin Jay Siegel and Sol E. Schwartzberg for Walter Wilson, appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (David H. Steiner and Allen Alpert of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We cannot say as a matter of law that the record before the suppression court, including the minutes of the in camera examination of the confidential informant, did not provide a sufficient basis on which to find that the arresting officer had probable cause for the warrantless arrest of defendants. The record reveals the basis of the informant...

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