PEOPLE v. ORLANDO


56 N.Y.2d 441 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph F. Orlando, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Rivers for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Denise Parillo and Anthony J. Girese of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge MEYER; Judge GABRIELLI concurs in result only.


MEYER, J.

When the police have probable cause to arrest a defendant with respect to three forged prescriptions presented to a pharmacy by him and in the course of questioning immediately following arrest he admits that his car is parked alongside the pharmacy and contains additional forged prescriptions as well as illegally obtained drugs, search of the vehicle by the...

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