Appellate Division upholds ruling on controversial search warrant in assault case
In a recent ruling, the Appellate Division, Second Department has affirmed a decision concerning a contentious search warrant in the case of The People v. Fabrice Riche. Riche was convicted of first-degree assault following a jury verdict in Kings County Supreme Court on Harrington, on July 12, 2019.
The case revolved around the stabbing of Riche’s estranged wife’s boyfriend in November 2016. Central to Riche’s appeal was the challenge to a search warrant that allowed the Kings County District Attorney’s Office to obtain historical cell site location information and call detail records from T-Mobile for both Riche’s and his wife’s phone numbers.
Riche’s defense argued that the warrant’s execution was invalid as it was faxed to T-Mobile’s office in New Jersey, and he contended that this breached New York State’s jurisdictional requirements.