People v. Szczepanik

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Montgomery County, rendered August 23, 1974, convicting defendant on his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. Upon the affidavit of his attorney alleging that police officers "were not in possession of a search warrant nor was any search of defendant justified by any other principle of law”, defendant moved to suppress evidence consisting of a quantity of marijuana, discovered in his possession and seized by members of the State Police, which furnished the basis of the criminal charges…