Court of Appeals of New York

Defendant's conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree is affirmed where: 1) following defendant's arrest for driving with a revoked license, the officer was not constitutionally required to ask whether the defendant's passenger was licensed and authorized to drive it before deciding to impound the car; and 2) the officer's search of the car after he decided to impound it was a valid inventory search.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2012
• Published 11/19/2012

Judges

• Smith

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

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