People v. Rosa

McG-regor,, J.

In June, 1965, cash in the amount of $3,537 and certain contraband were seized from the defendant by the Detroit police during what was undisputedly an illegal search. At the conclusion of the examination in recorder’s court for the city of Detroit, the action was dismissed by the judge upon the prosecutor’s motion. Motion was made by the defendant in recorder’s court for the return of the illegally seized cash. While the opinion of the recorder’s judge indicated that the police department had no apparent right to possession of the cash, the standard procedure in Detroit in such…