People v. Doerbecker

Cohalan, J. (dissenting).

In my opinion the judgment should be reversed and the motion to suppress the evidence in question should be granted.

On April 10, 1971, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the defendant, a member of the Breed motorcycle club, was arrested at his home in Levittown, Nassau County, on a charge of possession of a weapon as a felony. A search conducted incident to *127that arrest revealed additional weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances, which were then seized. The evidence giving rise to the arrest involved a quantity of handguns and ammunition found in a closed package…