People v. McDougall

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered April 25, 1974 (after denial of a motion to suppress dated April 16, 1974, per Birns, J.), convicting defendant, upon a plea of guilty, to the crime of attempt to commit the crime of possession of a weapon as a felony, reversed, on the law, the motion to suppress granted, and the indictment dismissed. On November 27, 1973, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a patrolman observed a group of people standing on the southeast corner of 40th Street and Eighth Avenue drinking wine and blocking the sidewalk. The patrolman directed them to disperse. The…