People v. Bunce, 141 A.D.3d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016). · Go Syfert
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Vazquez
N.Y. App. Div. · 2022 · confidence medium
Contrary to defendant's next contention, the court properly refused to suppress statements that he made to a police officer during an interview that occurred after his warrantless arrest at a North Carolina residence on the ground that the arresting officers entered that home without consent in violation of Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 [1980]). " 'Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 [1980]) is not…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Miller
N.Y. App. Div. · 2018 · confidence medium
"Consent can be established by conduct as well as words" ( People v Bunce , 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2016] [internal quotation marks, brackets and citations omitted], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]; see People v Reed , 151 AD3d 1821, 1824 [2017], lv denied 30 NY3d 952 [2017]; People v Sinzheimer , 15 AD3d 732, 734 [2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 794 [2005]), and it is settled that "the voluntariness of a consent to search is not vitiated . . . by the failure to give Miranda warnings to an accused while subject to custodial interrogation" ( People v McCray , 96 AD3d 1480, 1481 [2012] [internal quotation marks…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Colon
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
Contrary to defendant’s next contention, the court properly concluded that the deputies had the requisite consent to enter his apartment to arrest him on October 3, 2012. “ ‘Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 [1980]) is not violated’ ” (People v Bunce, 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Holley
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
Defendant’s contention that there was a Payton violation is likewise without merit. “ ‘Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 [1980]) is not violated’ ” (People v Bunce, 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]; see People v Kozikowski, 23 AD3d 990, 990 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 755 [2005]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Holley
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
Defendant’s contention that there was a Payton violation is likewise without merit. “ ‘Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 [1980]) is not violated’ ” (People v Bunce, 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]; see People v Kozikowski, 23 AD3d 990, 990 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 755 [2005]).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Clark (2×)
N.Y. App. Div. · 2021 · signal: see · confidence high
"Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 ) is not violated" ( People v Russo , 243 AD2d 658, 659 ; see People v Bunce , 141 AD3d 536, 537 ; People v Read , 74 AD3d 1245, 1246 ). "[C]onsent can be established by conduct as well as words" ( People v Gonzalez , 222 AD2d 453, 453 ; see People v Bunce , 141 AD3d at 537 ).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Downey
N.Y. App. Div. · 2020 · signal: see · confidence high
"Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York ( 445 US 573 ) is not violated" ( People v Russo , 243 AD2d 658, 659 ; see People v Bunce , 141 AD3d 536 ). "[C]onsent can be established by conduct as well as by words" ( People v Gonzalez , 222 AD2d 453, 453 ; see People v Satornino , 153 AD2d 595, 595 ; People v Davis , 120 AD2d 606 , 606- 607).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Wingfield
N.Y. App. Div. · 2020 · signal: see · confidence high
To the extent that defendant's contention survives his guilty pleas and valid waiver of the right to appeal ( see People v Ware , 159 AD3d 1401 , 1402 [4th Dept 2018], lv denied 31 NY3d 1122 [2018]), we conclude that it lacks merit because an argument for suppression on that ground would have had "little or no chance of success" ( People v Caban , 5 NY3d 143, 152 [2005] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see generally People v Bunce , 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2d Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Moses
N.Y. App. Div. · 2019 · signal: see · confidence high
Moreover, the People met their burden of showing that consent to the warrantless search was freely and voluntarily given by the defendant's girlfriend, "who possessed the requisite degree of authority and control over the premises" ( People v Clark , 167 AD3d at 1036; see People v Bunce , 141 AD3d 536, 537 ; People v Gonzalez , 222 AD2d 453, 453 ).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Reed
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · signal: see · confidence high
It is equally “well settled that consent may be inferred from an individual’s words, gestures, or conduct” (United States v Buettner-Janusch, 646 F2d 759, 764 [1981], cert denied 454 US 830 [1981]; see People v Bunce, 141 AD3d 536, 537 [2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 969 [2016]; People v Gonzalez, 222 AD2d 453, 453 [1995]).
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The People of the State of New York, Appellant,
v.
Joseph Bunce, Respondent
2014-11910.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Jul 6, 2016.
141 A.D.3d 536
Mastro, Dickerson, Austin, Roman.
Cited by 15 opinions  |  Published

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Toomey, J.), dated September 11, 2014, which, after a hearing, granted those branches of the defendant’s omnibus motion which were to suppress physical evidence and his statements to law enforcement officials.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, those branches of the defendant’s omnibus motion which were to suppress physical evidence and his statements to law enforcement officials are denied, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings on the indictment.

The defendant was charged with, among other things, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. In his omnibus motion, the defendant sought, inter alia, to suppress a gun recovered from his residence by the police, as well as statements he made to the police, on the ground that the police made a warrantless entry into his residence without consent or the existence of probable cause and exigent circumstances. After a hearing, the County Court granted those branches of the defendant’s omnibus motion. We reverse.

Contrary to the People’s contention, they failed to establish the existence of exigent circumstances (see People v Green, 103 AD2d 362, 363-364 [1984]) justifying the police officers’ war-rantless entry into the residence of the defendant and his mother. However, contrary to the County Court’s determination, the evidence established that the police officers lawfully[*537] entered the residence with the consent of the defendant’s mother. “Where a person with ostensible authority consents to police presence on the premises, either explicitly or tacitly, the right to be secure against warrantless arrests in private premises as expressed in Payton v New York (445 US 573 [1980]) is not violated” (People v Russo, 243 AD2d 658, 659 [1997]; see People v Read, 74 AD3d 1245, 1246 [2010]). “[C]onsent can be established by conduct as well as words” (People v Gonzalez, 222 AD2d 453, 453 [1995]; see People v Satornino, 153 AD2d 595, 595 [1989]; People v Davis, 120 AD2d 606, 606-607 [1986]).

Here, the defendant’s mother called 911, and two officers responded to the subject residence after receiving a radio dispatch of a violent domestic incident between a mother and son. When the officers arrived at the location, the defendant’s mother exited the residence and stated to the officers, in reference to the defendant, who was then reentering the residence, “that’s him. That’s him. I don’t want him here.” This conduct was sufficient to establish her consent to enter the residence (see Matter of Gilbert M., 127 AD3d 642, 642 [2015]; People v Brown, 234 AD2d 211, 213 [1996], affd 91 NY2d 854 [1997]; People v Davis, 120 AD2d at 607; People v Taylor, 111 AD2d 520, 521 [1985]; People v James, 2001 NY Slip Op 40035 [U], *8 [Sup Ct, Bronx County 2001]). Further, the defendant’s mother also effectively consented to the officers’ entry and presence in the residence by failing to ask them to leave or otherwise indicating that they did not have her permission to remain (see People v Gonzalez, 222 AD2d 453 [1995]; People v Schof, 136 AD2d 578, 579 [1988]), and by restraining her dog to facilitate their entry into the residence.

The parties’ remaining contentions either are without merit or not properly before this Court (see CPL 470.15; People v Ingram, 18 NY3d 948, 949 [2012]; People v Falquez, 66 AD3d 918, 918-919 [2009]).

Accordingly, the County Court should have denied those branches of the defendant’s omnibus motion which were to suppress the gun he discarded after entering the residence, as well as his statements to law enforcement officials.

Mastro, J.P., Dickerson, Austin and Roman, JJ., concur.