Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant v. Gerald Menditto, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-10-03
Citations: 59 A.D.2d 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant v Gerald Menditto, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 705–705

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant v Gerald Menditto, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered June 16, 1976, which granted defendant's motion to suppress certain physical evidence. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and motion denied. The defendant having been validly arrested in the building lobby, as Criminal Term found, the seizure of gambling records which he had attempted to secrete in a folder on the front seat of his double parked vehicle, to which he went for identification, was proper. The actions of the police officers here, in effect, impounded the vehicle (cf. People v Molloy, 56 AD2d 877). Hopkins, J. P., Latham, Margett and Suozzi, JJ., concur.