PEOPLE v. COSTE


272 A.D.2d 205 (2000)

708 N.Y.S.2d 376

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HECTOR COSTE, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 18, 2000.


The hearing court properly refused to suppress the gold chain found by the police on the floor of defendant's cell. Although the police initially discovered that defendant was in possession of the chain during a search which was found by the hearing court to be unlawful, they did not seize the chain at that time because they were unaware of its significance. The police subsequently learned from the complaining witness, after defendant's arrest and at the precinct, that defendant...

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