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People v. Trief

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 30, 1971
37 A.D.2d 771 (N.Y. App. Div. 1971)

Opinion

September 30, 1971


Motion for reargument granted, and upon reargument, the order of this court entered on June 29, 1971 [ 37 A.D.2d 553], be and the same hereby is vacated, and the order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on November 25, 1970, is unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion denied, and the matter remitted to BIRNS, J. for further proceedings consistent herewith. Without passing on the validity of the specific wiretap orders, defendant's motion to suppress was granted in the court below on the authority of Fuller v. Alaska ( 393 U.S. 80) and Lee v. Florida ( 392 U.S. 378). We affirmed on June 29, 1971. On July 7, 1971, subsequent to this court's affirmance, the Court of Appeals, in People v. Feinlowitz ( 29 N.Y.2d 176) and People v. Iannaccone ( 29 N.Y.2d 612) held that wiretap evidence obtained before Lee v. Florida ( supra) was decided, is admissible in trials held after the date of that decision. The court held, in Feinlowitz ( supra, pp. 181-182) as follows: "Hence, if the evidence was seized in a manner constitutionally permissible at the time of seizure, it will subsequently be allowed into evidence at the defendant's trial even though changing constitutional interpretations have since made a similar seizure impermissible." Since it has not yet done so, the court below should pass upon the validity of the specific wiretap orders in question, taking into account the affidavits upon which they were based and the procedure followed in obtaining them.

Concur — Stevens, P.J., Capozzoli, McGivern, Markewich and Tilzer, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Trief

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 30, 1971
37 A.D.2d 771 (N.Y. App. Div. 1971)
Case details for

People v. Trief

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. GEORGE TRIEF et al

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

Date published: Sep 30, 1971

Citations

37 A.D.2d 771 (N.Y. App. Div. 1971)

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