The People of the State of New York v. Hezekiah Boodle

Summary

The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the defendant's weapon and the heroin discovered thereafter were admissible because the defendant's act of discarding the gun was an independent, calculated action not directly caused by the unlawful seizure. The Court reasoned that the illegal stop lacked purposefulness to uncover evidence and therefore the exclusionary rule did not require suppression. A dissent argued that the evidence was a direct product of the illegal arrest and should be suppressed.