People v. Schoonmaker

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Greene County, entered February 16, 1972, which granted a motion by defendant to suppress evidence. During the course of a routine patrol, a New York State Trooper had occasion to question the presence of respondent and others at a laundromat on Route 9-W, Town of Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, at about 1:30 a.m. on Jxdy 1, 1970. While he was examining the registration to a motor vehicle being driven by respondent, his partner observed a wooden shaft, 26 inches long and approximately l-% inches in diameter, with a leather thong attached with…