People v. Milerson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Although the police did not have probable cause to compel defendant to accompany them to the police station or to detain him once he arrived there, we cannot say that the search of defendant’s automobile at the police station was improper. The trial court found that the police possessed sufficient ground to detain and question the passenger who had been riding in the backseat of defendant’s car, and we perceive no reason to disturb this affirmed finding. The passenger’s admission to the police that he had…