Defendant's motion to suppress presents a matter of first impression. The issue, which has never been decided by a New York court, is whether, on observation alone, absent other incriminating circumstances, a police officer would have probable cause to seize tinfoil packages lying on the floor of a car on the basis that they might contain heroin.
The defendant was arrested on January...
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