PEOPLE v. BALDWIN


25 N.Y.2d 66 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Baldwin, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel A. Brenner and Milton Adler for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Raymond J. Scanlan and Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE and BREITEL concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Judges BERGAN and JASEN dissent.


SCILEPPI, J.

The defendant appeals, pursuant to permission granted by an Associate Judge of this court, from a judgment of the Appellate Term, Second Department, which affirmed a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County, convicting him of illegal possession of narcotics and imposing a suspended sentence.

While under arrest on an unrelated burglary charge, defendant dropped a...

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