New York County To be argued by Criminal Indictment No. 3982/08 Joseph A. Bondy NEW YORK SUPREME COURT APPELLATE DIVISION: FIRST DEPRTMENT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -against- LOUIS POSNER and BETTY POSNER, Defendants-Respondents, NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. Non-Party-Movant-Appellant, MICHAEL KESSLER, Third-Party Respondent. RESPONSE MEMORANDUM OF THIRD PARTY INTERVENORS JOSEPH A. BONDY, ESQ., ROBERT FOGELNEST, ESQ. and MARGARET CLEMONS Joseph A. Bondy Counsel to Third-Party Intervenors 148 East 78 street New York, N.Y. 10075-0406 (212) 219-3572 josephbondy@mac.com April 20, 2011 REPRODUCED ON RECYCLED PAPERTABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES PRELIMINARY STATEMENT COUNTERSTATEMENT OF THE ISSUE STATEMENT OF FACTS ARGUMENT THE LOWER COURT’S DECISION SHOULD BE AFFIRMED CONCLUSION PRINTING SPECIFICATION STATEMENT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE PAGE ra 12 12 19 20 21TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page CASES Boyle v. Kelly, 42 N.Y. 2d 88 (1977) 15 Matter of Documents Seized Pursuant to a Search Warrant, 124 M2d 897 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. Co. 1984) 11, 16 People v. Salzone, 98 M2d 131 (Crim. Ct., Kings Co. 1978) 10, 15 People v. Martinez, 151 M2d 641 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. Co. 1991) Passim Property Clerk, New York City Police Department v. Louis and Betty Posner, Index No. 400536-2010 7 Simmons v. New York City Transit Authority, 575 F.3d 170 (2d Cir. 2009) 18 STATUTES Administrative Code § 14-140 7 CPL § 690.55(1) (b) Passim CPLR Article 13A 3 NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION New York State Constitution, Article 1 § 6 16 ii