People v. Langella

Motion by the defendant “ to suppress the evidence, or in the alternative, for a hearing to suppress the evidence as illegally obtained as a result of an illegal search and seizure on July 31, 1963, without a search warrant and without probable cause ”.

The purpose of this suppression motion is to forestall the use in evidence of a handgun, for the unlawful possession of which this defendant has been indicted (7 felony counts). It was discovered in and taken from the locked trunk of a car theretofore operated by the defendant, in the course of a search by a parole officer (and local police…