PEOPLE v. WATT


118 Misc.2d 930 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Michael Watt, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

April 27, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Cooper for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Maureen Barden of counsel), for plaintiff.


SHELDON S. LEVY, J.

Can police officers seize, without a warrant, the clothing of a hospital patient who is a suspect in a homicide investigation? The question has not been addressed previously in this State.

Defendant Michael Watt was indicted for murder in the second degree. The charge is that he intentionally caused the death of one Charles Mayo by stabbing him 12 times with a knife at the Grand Union, a transient hotel in Harlem.

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