People v. Mercado
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Casey, J. P.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered April 26, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.
At issue on this appeal is the legality of the warrantless search conducted by State Troopers after the vehicle in which *911defendant was riding was lawfully stopped for speeding. At 1:45 a.m. two State Troopers, sitting in their troop car parked in the median of the Thruway, observed a vehicle…
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