A temporary inspection sticker on a motor vehicle is insufficient justification for a police search, without any other indication of illegal activity, a state appeals court has ruled.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, reversed the 2015 conviction of Ramonn Driscoll for third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and ruled that the plastic bag of crack cocaine found in his vehicle was inadmissible evidence in a retrial.
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