Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Mercado, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-03-26
Citations: 25 N.Y.3d 936
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Mercado, Appellant.
Judges: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Read, Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein and Fahey concur.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 936–937

Head Matter:
[28 NE3d 1181, 5 NYS3d 741]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Mercado, Appellant.
Decided March 26, 2015
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Claudia Flores of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (Allen J. Vickey of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. The determinations regarding founded suspicion of criminality justifying a request to search the car, and then the trunk, and defendant's consent to a search of the vehicle, all involve mixed questions of law and fact. The determinations are supported by the record, and are beyond further review (see People v Valerio, 95 NY2d 924, 925 [2000]).
Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Read, Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein and Fahey concur.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, in a memorandum.