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People v. Gonzalez

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 9, 1982
55 N.Y.2d 887 (N.Y. 1982)

Opinion

Argued January 4, 1982

Decided February 9, 1982

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, PETER J. McQUILLAN, J.

Eleanor Jackson Piel for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney ( William J. Comiskey and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's motion to suppress was predicated on two grounds, to wit: (1) the lack of probable cause to sustain his arrest; and (2) the arresting officers' failure to inform defendant of their purpose and authority as required by CPL 140.15 (subd 2). At no time before the suppression court did defendant raise the issue that the weapon should have been suppressed because his arrest was effected in his home without a warrant and in the absence of exigent circumstances. (See Payton v New York, 445 U.S. 573.) By not raising that particular issue within the context of his initial motion to suppress, defendant has failed to preserve it for appellate review. ( People v Martin, 50 N.Y.2d 1029.) Therefore, we need not reach the question whether the rule announced by the Supreme Court in Payton v New York ( supra) should be given retroactive effect so as to invalidate arrests made prior to the date of that decision.

We have considered defendant's remaining contention and have found it to be without merit.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur; Judge JONES taking no part.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Gonzalez

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 9, 1982
55 N.Y.2d 887 (N.Y. 1982)
Case details for

People v. Gonzalez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN GONZALEZ…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 9, 1982

Citations

55 N.Y.2d 887 (N.Y. 1982)
449 N.Y.S.2d 18
433 N.E.2d 1266

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