People v. Santiago

Chief Judge Desmond.

These appeals were argued on the same day and at least for purposes of contrast it will be useful to deal with them in a single opinion. The eases are not otherwise associated except that each conviction is for felonious possession of narcotic drugs and in each there was an alleged obtaining of the evidence by an illegal search without a warrant. The found facts as to the two searches are, however, so different as to produce opposite results in this court.

People v. Santiago

During the evening of January 4,1962 defendant Lee Santiago was arrested in an apartment in a…