Shortly after four in the morning of June 10, 1970, the defendant stopped his car for a traffic light at 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City. A police detective, Novoa, walked up to the driver's side, identified himself, ordered the defendant out of the car, searched it and found some 15 ounces of cocaine. Convicted of possession of a dangerous drug after trial, the defendant claims to have been the victim of an illegal search and that the court erred in denying...
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