People v. Howington

Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. Memorandum: After denial of his motion to suppress defendant entered a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. On appeal, he contends that the seizure of the gun was the product of an unlawful search. The essential facts are not in dispute. Following a series of armed robberies of grocery stores in the Rochester metropolitan area, a composite drawing or sketch of the perpetrator, who came to be known as the “Star Market bandit”, was widely circulated. One was prominently…