PEOPLE v. DANCEY


57 N.Y.2d 1033 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Linda Dancey, Also Known as Linda Hickman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Jane S. Meyers, Barbara D. Underwood and Lucille A. Di Bello of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant contends that the seizure of an incriminatory handwritten note from her apartment violated her rights under the search and seizure provisions of the Federal and State Constitutions because, at the time of the seizure, the exigency which justified the initial presence of the police in the apartment no longer existed and her consent to their...

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