People v. Hunter
| Decision Date | 05 May 1972 |
| Citation | 284 N.E.2d 879,333 N.Y.S.2d 761,30 N.Y.2d 774 |
| Parties | , 284 N.E.2d 879 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent, v. Raymond HUNTER, Respondent-Appellant. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Eugene Gold, Dist. Atty. (Raymond J. Scanlan and Harry Brodbar, Brooklyn, of counsel), for appellant-respondent.
Paul Paksarian and Robert Kasanof, New York City, for respondent-appellant.
The judgment of resentence should be modified by reinstating the original judgment of the Criminal Court sentencing defendant to the custody of the Narcotic Addiction Control Commission upon his conviction of attempted possession of a hypodermic needle. Under the circumstances, including the time of night and the place, a construction area consisting largely of abandoned buildings where there had been numerous prior burglaries, the arresting officer had sufficient probable cause to arrest defendant and his companions, following the unsatisfactory response to his questions (People v. Rosemond, 26 N.Y.2d 101, 308 N.Y.S.2d 836, 257 N.E.2d 23) and thus the officer was warranted in the retrieval, and the admission of the hypodermic needle into evidence against the defendant (cf. People v. Baldwin, 25 N.Y.2d 66, 70, 302 N.Y.S.2d 571, 573, 250 N.E.2d 62, 63). In addition, there was sufficient evidence based on defendant's admissions to both the arresting officer and the examining physician, a recognized expert in the field, of the use of heroin for 6 to 12 months prior to his arrest and the examination of defendant following his arrest, corroborating these admissions, to find that defendant was in 'imminent danger of becoming dependent' upon heroin. (Mental Hygiene Law, Consol.Laws, c. 27, § 201, subd. 2.)
Judgment accordingly.
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