People v. Gilligan

The defendants are charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Armed with a search warrant, detectives arrested the defendants at the Monroe County airport. At the time of arrest the defendants had claimed from an airport freight office, and were in possession of, a suitcase, which when searched was found to contain a large quantity of marijuana. The defendants move to suppress this evidence, claiming that the search warrant was : improperly issued.

The search warrant, issued by a Judge of the City Court of Rochester, was based upon an affidavit of a police…