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People v. Chestnut

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 17, 1975
36 N.Y.2d 971 (N.Y. 1975)

Opinion

Argued June 3, 1975

Decided June 17, 1975

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, GEORGE BOLDMAN, J.

Robert L. Miller for appellant.

Andrew F. Siedlecki, District Attorney (Robert J. Simpson of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM. We agree on this record that the search and arrest were contemporaneous and there was probable cause for the search preceding the arrest as well as for the arrest at the time of the search.

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

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Chestnut

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 17, 1975
36 N.Y.2d 971 (N.Y. 1975)
Case details for

People v. Chestnut

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAUL R. CHESTNUT…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 17, 1975

Citations

36 N.Y.2d 971 (N.Y. 1975)
373 N.Y.S.2d 564
335 N.E.2d 865

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