People v. Stinson

The defendants were arrested by members of the Syracuse Police Department and the New York State Police on January 14, 1970 in the immediate vicinity of the Hancock Airport. The defendants were thereafter charged in the City Court, City of Syracuse, Criminal Division, for violation of section 220.20 of the Penal Law: criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the third degree, a felony.

The defendants had been arrested after a search warrant was issued from the Syracuse City Court which stated as follows:

“ To any Peace Officer in the County of Onondaga. Proof, by affidavit, having been this…