People v. Jefferson

A particular apartment was under the surveillance of two police officers who had been told by an unnamed informer that narcotics were being sold there. A man who was observed near that apartment was arrested and was found to be in possession of' two marijuana cigarettes and a packet containing white powder which, on later analysis, was determined to be heroin.

The, two patrolmen, after conferring with their sergeant, knocked on the door of the apartment. In response to a request for identification, the patrolmen stated that they were police officers investigating a gas leak. Without any…