PEOPLE v. REYNOLDS


71 N.Y.2d 552 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Katherine Reynolds, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel Tepper for appellant.

Eugene Keeler, District Attorney (John E. Carter, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS and BELLACOSA concur with Judge DILLON; Judge HANCOCK, JR., dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judges KAYE and ALEXANDER concur.


DILLON, J.

The principal and narrow issue to be resolved on this appeal is whether an open field, bearing no manifestation of the owner's subjective expectation of privacy other than is naturally provided by the land's woods and contour, falls within the protection of the Search and Seizure Clause of this State's Constitution (NY Const, art I, § 12). We hold that it does not, and that governmental intrusion...

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