People v. Hendricks

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered February 14, 1974, after a nonjury trial, convicting the defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the third degree, reversed, on the law, and the indictment dismissed. The defendant was driving a 1963 Buick Rivera and was stopped by two police officers on motor patrol and asked for his license and registration. The reason given by the police for stopping the defendant was that one of the officers had previously participated in an investigation that had broken a stolen-car ring specializing in 1963 and 1964 Buick…