PEOPLE v. QUACKENBUSH


88 N.Y.2d 534 (1996)

670 N.E.2d 434

647 N.Y.S.2d 150

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Quackenbush, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Courtney, Amagansett, for appellant.

James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney of Suffolk County, Riverhead (Mary-Ellen Harkin of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


TITONE, J.

Defendant has been charged with the offense of operating a motor vehicle with inadequate brakes (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375 [1]). He seeks to suppress evidence of the defective condition of his brakes which was obtained by police when his vehicle was impounded and inspected after being involved in a fatal accident. Defendant claims that the police lacked the authority to impound his vehicle...

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