People v. Ragan

Since the above named are codefendants, and the charges against both arise out of the same circumstances and the proceedings in each case were identical, these cases will be considered as one, the conclusion hereinafter reached applying to both defendants.

In the evening of May 22, 1970, these defendants were arrested by Officer Hughes of the New York State Police in the *302Town of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, on a charge of criminal possession of a dangerous drug. They were taken before a Town Justice of the Town of Cobleskill where informations were laid, charging them with the crime of…