PEOPLE v. SMITH


302 A.D.2d 410 (2003)

754 N.Y.S.2d 555

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONALD SMITH, Appellant.

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

Decided February 3, 2003.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the arresting officers had the authority to effect a warrantless entry into his home in light of the exigent circumstances presented. An undercover officer had purchased crack cocaine from individuals inside the defendant's apartment only moments earlier. The undercover officer reported seeing numerous packages of cocaine on a table inside the apartment, as well as three young children...

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