People v. Reeves

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County, rendered November 12, 1976, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree. On March 4, 1973, Constables Richard Ostrander, Ross Van Wagenen and Ludwig Baumgarten of the Town of Woodstock Police Department responded to a telephone call that armed strangers were at a private residence leased by defendant on Yerry Hill Road in the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County. While investigating this matter at the residence and conversing with one Douglas Every whom the police met…