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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

32 N.Y.2d 451 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Adams, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Burns, William E. Hellerstein and Robert Kasanof for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, JONES and WACHTLER concur with Judge GABRIELLI; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge BREITEL concurs.

GABRIELLI, J.

In the late evening of November 4, 1970, defendant was stopped by a policeman for driving his car with high beam headlights. In making a routine inquiry, the patrolman requested defendant to produce his operator's license and registration. The vehicle identification number on the registration coincided with the identification number on the vehicle but a further check with the National Auto Check...

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