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DEFENDANT HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO THE GROUND AND HANDCUFFED AT THE TIME THE BACKPACK HE WAS WEARING WAS SEARCHED; THE PEOPLE PRESENTED NO EVIDENCE OF EXIGENCY; THE SEARCH WAS THEREFORE UNJUSTIFIED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the People did not demonstrate exigent circumstances which justified the search of the backpack he was wearing. The defendant had been taken down to the ground and handcuffed at the time of the search:

At the suppression hearing, when questioned as to why he patted down defendant and the drawstring backpack, the officer merely responded “[f]or our safety.” * * *

Exigency justifying the search of a container incident to arrest is not established in the absence of some reasonable basis for the belief that the contents of the container might pose a danger to the arresting officers or that there is a legitimate concern for the preservation of evidence which might reasonably be thought to reside within the container … . …

The record does not contain evidence or testimony supporting a determination that the officer had objective reasonable grounds to believe that the drawstring backpack contained contents that would place his safety at risk or that he was concerned that the bag contained evidence that defendant could destroy. Thus, the circumstances did not suggest that any exigency required an immediate search … . People v Collins, 2021 NY Slip Op 06552, First Dept 11-23-21

 

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