People v. Pitts

Charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, consisting of several thousand dollars worth of stolen typewriters, the defendants move to suppress those machines as evidence in the case on the ground that they were obtained by means of an unlawful search and seizure. After a hearing upon the motion at which testimony was given by two police officers and the defendant White, I find the pertinent facts to be as follows.

At about 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, August 8, 1975, two New *709York City police officers, Albert Horz and Gary Stryker, were on routine motor patrol in the…