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People v. Cohen

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 14, 1968
243 N.E.2d 146 (N.Y. 1968)

Summary

In People v. Cohen (23 N.Y.2d 674), the officer's suspicions based on his observations were buttressed when he overheard conversations between the suspects.

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Opinion

Argued October 17, 1968

Decided November 14, 1968

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, ROYAL S. RADIN, J.

Julia P. Heit and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.

Elliott Golden, Acting District Attorney ( Raymond J. Scanlan and Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN. Chief Judge FULD and Judge BURKE dissent and vote to reverse upon the ground that the detective acted without the requisite probable cause to make a valid arrest and the evidence obtained incidental to this invalid arrest should be suppressed.


Summaries of

People v. Cohen

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 14, 1968
243 N.E.2d 146 (N.Y. 1968)

In People v. Cohen (23 N.Y.2d 674), the officer's suspicions based on his observations were buttressed when he overheard conversations between the suspects.

Summary of this case from People v. Charles J
Case details for

People v. Cohen

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRED COHEN, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 14, 1968

Citations

243 N.E.2d 146 (N.Y. 1968)
243 N.E.2d 146
295 N.Y.S.2d 927

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