What is a Dunaway Hearing?
What is a Johnson hearing?
Answer
Court Help defines a Dunaway Hearing thus: The Court must decide whether the police had enough probable cause to make an arrest. Dunaway hearings are always held at the same time as a Mapp, Huntley, or Wade hearing
Dunaway v NY 442 US 200 (1979).
See Criminal Procedure Law 140.05 Arrest Without a warrant; in general
Court Public Access Law Libraries' materials include extensive discussion of Dunaway hearings.
Cases often refer to Dunaway/Johnson hearings. These hearings require that the People prove that a police action was lawful.
People v Johnson, 134 Misc 2d 474 (NY City Criminal Court 1987)