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MATTER OF LEROY M.

No. 24.

16 N.Y.3d 243 (2011)

In the Matter of LEROY M., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent. PRESENTMENT AGENCY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Norman Corenthal and Kristin M. Helmers of counsel), for appellant.

Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Judith Harris , Steven Banks , Tamara A. Steckler and Anna Boksenbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Judges GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur with Judge PIGOTT; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judge JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

In January 2008, officials at a school in the Bronx discovered that a laptop computer, valued at almost $1,500, was missing. Fortunately, the computer was equipped with tracking software designed to facilitate its recovery. Using that software, the police were able to trace the computer to an address in the Bronx.

Police officers went to the address, a single-family...

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