PEOPLE v. MEACHEM


115 A.D.2d 370 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Garrett Meachem, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 5, 1985


The only issue on appeal is the legality of the police officers' seizure of the weapon in question. The following account of the incident leading to the seizure is based on the People's evidence at the hearing, which the suppression court credited.

At approximately 12:30 A.M., on the morning of September 12, 1982, Police Officers Hefner, Gigget and Carter, in civilian clothes, were on patrol, in an unmarked car in the vicinity...

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