People v. Hargrave

The defendant moves to suppress evidence (a pistol) which he claims was obtained in violation of his constitutional rights. The indictment charges that on January 21, 1963 the defendant criminally carried concealed a loaded pistol and criminally possessed a pistol. It appears from the *557defendant’s affidavit that he was involved in an automobile accident on the Harlem River Drive which caused him to sustain serious injury and which rendered him unconscious. In that condition, he was removed from the scene to the emergency ward of Mother Cabrini Hospital where he was disrobed. During the…