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17 N.Y.2d 670

People v. Capra

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 31, 1966

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1966-03-31

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently April 1981

3 state decisions

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Decided 1966-03-31

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¶1Judgment affirmed. The accidental finding of heroin in defendant’s clothing did not constitute an illegal search or a disclosure of information acquired in a professional capacity by a physician from a patient. We pass on no other question.

¶2Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating. Judge Van Voorhis dissents in the following opinion.

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