People v. Lawrence

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County, rendered February 24, 1975, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree in violation of section 220.09 of the Penal Law. On this appeal defendant contends that the search of his person and the subsequent warrantless search of his vehicle were both unlawful, that the seizure of evidence therefrom was illegal, and that the evidence should have been suppressed. On the night of August 23, 1974, a police officer in the City of Plattsburgh observed the…