People v. Blair

In People v. Blair, 45 AD3d 1443 (4th Dept 2007), lv denied, 10 NY3d 838 (2008), suppression was denied where an inventory search of a car was conducted but the police allowed the Defendant's friend to take a chainsaw and tools in the car and did not make a record of those items. The Court reasoned that the officer's vouchering of the items which were retained by the police meant that the objectives of an inventory search had been met.