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Title: People State New York v. Robert N. Middleton
Author : Supreme Court of New York
Release Date : January 30, 1975
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 66 KB

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[50 A.D.2d 1040 Page 1040] Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County, rendered June 10, 1975, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree in violation of subdivision 1 of section 155.30 of the Penal Law. Defendant urges the reversal of his conviction upon two separate grounds. The first is that the actions of police officers in stopping his vehicle at the time of his initial apprehension were arbitrary and unreasonable and, thus, the subsequent warrantless search of his vehicle and the seizure of evidence therefrom was illegal. Secondly, he contends that his resulting confession should have been suppressed on the grounds of denial of counsel, involuntariness and unnecessary delay in arraignment. At approximately 4:30 A.M. on February 12, 1975 defendant was operating a borrowed automobile, without headlights, along a public highway in the Town of Queensbury, Warren County. This attracted the attention of State Police officers on routine patrol who stopped defendant and requested the production of the vehicle registration and his operator's license. Defendant was unable to produce the registration, stating that [50 A.D.2d 1040 Page 1041]