PEOPLE v. SOTO


297 A.D.2d 581 (2002)

747 N.Y.S.2d 173

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RUFINO SOTO, Appellant.

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

Decided September 24, 2002.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. Drugs were recovered from defendant incident to a lawful arrest. Defendant committed a violation in the presence of police officers, who properly elected to make an arrest rather than issuing a summons because defendant carried no identification and stated that he was homeless. Defendant argues that the Equal Protection Clause requires the police, in making such a decision, to treat a defendant's residence in a homeless...

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