People v. Donovan

Late one Sunday afternoon in November, 1966, the Scarsdale police received a telephone call from a homeowner asking that they investigate an auto which, in suspicious fashion, had been parked in the driveway of the home. A police radio car with two patrolmen was dispatched. At the scene, the police found the car as reported, with defendant sprawled across the front seat. It was quite apparent that she had “ passed out ”, after having thrown up.

The police roused the lady and requested identification. Chafing at the interruption of her slumber, defendant railed at the police in language which…