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People v. Vasquez

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 17, 1985
66 N.Y.2d 968 (N.Y. 1985)

Summary

ruling that the "failure to preserve" such a claim, "by specifically placing it for disposition before the suppression court, leaves no basis for our review"

Summary of this case from State v. Quelis-Rodriguez

Opinion

Argued November 19, 1985

Decided December 17, 1985

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Solomon Katz, J.

Bernard Rosenbloom and Joseph Ostrowsky for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Laurie E. Cohen and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

While defendant on this appeal complains that the police officer, by leaning into the car through an open window, violated his Fourth Amendment rights, the question presented to the suppression court, and ruled on by that court, was whether defendant's rights were violated by the officer's opening of the car door and reaching into the automobile to recover a weapon. Defendant's failure to preserve his present argument, by specifically placing it for disposition before the suppression court, leaves no basis for our review. Defendant's alternative contention, that he should not have been charged with possession of the guns because he was outside the car when they were found, has been waived by his guilty plea.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Vasquez

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 17, 1985
66 N.Y.2d 968 (N.Y. 1985)

ruling that the "failure to preserve" such a claim, "by specifically placing it for disposition before the suppression court, leaves no basis for our review"

Summary of this case from State v. Quelis-Rodriguez
Case details for

People v. Vasquez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LOUIS VASQUEZ…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 17, 1985

Citations

66 N.Y.2d 968 (N.Y. 1985)
498 N.Y.S.2d 788
489 N.E.2d 757

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