People v. Williams

Defendant was convicted, after trial, of the crimes of felonious possession of narcotic drugs with intent to sell, unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, and criminally possessing a pistol as a felony. Drugs and pistol were ruled admissible in evidence, over adequate objection that the police obtained them illegally; and the correctness of the ruling is the issue on this appeal.

The People’s case may be summarized as follows. Acting on information, not disclosed in the present record, which led them to believe that defendant possessed narcotics, three police officers went to the apartment…