UPDATE
September 11, 2026
Including updates on the following topics:
- NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS THAT RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE ACTIONS DOES NOT EXTEND TO A POLICE STATION OR LOBBY
- EVIDENCE OF A KNOWN CONFLICTING STATEMENT FROM WITNESS IMPAIRS POLICE DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST
- REASONABLE SUSPICION OF CRIMINALITY REQUIRED BEFORE POLICE MAY ORDER DRIVER OUT OF HIS VEHICLE
- OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH ORDERED TO TIMELY ADMIT INMATE FOUND TO BE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT; COURT REJECTS CLAIM OF LACK OF BEDSPACE FOR DELAY IN ACCEPTING INMATE FOR CARE
- DEFENDANT’S FURTIVE BEHAVIOR ON A PUBLIC STREET JUSTIFIED POLICE OBSERVATION AND HIS ABANDONMENT OF A FANNY PACK GAVE THE OFFICERS GROUNDS UNDER DeBOUR TO STOP HIM AND FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE MATTER
- NYS DOCCS HELD LIABLE FOR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT LONGER THAN ALLOWED BY STATUTE
- COURT DISMISSES ACTION: DUE DILIGENCE NOT FOUND TO ALLOW SERVICE OF PROCESS BY “NAIL AND MAIL” CPLR 308(4)
- ARREST BASED ON TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS UPHELD; COURT HOLDS THAT 13 MINUTE GAP BETWEEN DEFENDANT’S REFUSAL TO SPEAK WITH POLICE AND SUBSEQUENT INTERROGATION LAWFUL
