The evidence adduced at the suppression hearing that defendant, minutes after selling drugs from his apartment, refused the officers' request to enter, following which the officers heard a commotion in the apartment that they could reasonably believe was an attempt to destroy evidence or escape, was sufficient to establish exigent circumstances justifying the warrantless entry into the apartment to effect defendant's arrest (see, People v Chambers,
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PEOPLE v. MOORE
195 A.D.2d 302 (1993)
600 N.Y.S.2d 8
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Solomon Moore, Appellant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 6, 1993
July 6, 1993
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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