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PEOPLE v. SYKES

Ind. Nos. 4814/14, 4814/14. Appeal No. 13002. Case No. 2017-1477.

191 A.D.3d 414 (2021)

140 N.Y.S.3d 232

2021 NY Slip Op 00530

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lorenzo Sykes, Appellant.

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

Decided February 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caprice R. Jenerson , Office of The Appellate Defender, New York ( Emma L. Shreefter of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Dana Poole of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Webber, González, Scarpulla, JJ.

The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. Exigent circumstances justified the warrantless entry into defendant's home (see generally People v McBride, 14 N.Y.3d 440, 446 [2010], cert denied 562 U.S. 931 [2010]). The victim's statements to the police, while pointing to defendant's nearby house, provided "probable cause to arrest him" for the "violent crime[s]" of raping her and...

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