Weil v. Torres

How courts have described this case

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• noting that courts generally read Article I, § 12, of the New York State Constitution in line with the Fourth Amendment
• explaining that “reasonable cause” as used in N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 140.10(1) is equivalent to “probable cause.”
• rejecting Gates test for search based on a warrant under state constitution
• adhering to the “bright line” two prong test of Aguilar v Texas, 378 US 108 [1964] and Spinelli v United States, 393 US 410 [1969] in evaluating warrantless searches and seizures based on informant information in stead of adopting the Supreme Court’s “totality of the circumstances” test
• \The New York State [C]onstitution's guarantees of ... due process are virtually coextensive with those of the federal Constitution.\
• such admissions should be used carefully, only after careful consideration of all relevant circumstances indicates that there is a basis for finding reliability in the context of the particular case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).