Subject:  Furor Over New York Drug Case
Author:  CourtTV
Uploaded By:  CourtTV
Date:  2/2/1996

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When a federal judge in New York threw out evidence in a multi-million dollar drug case, it set off a political firestorm. City, state and national elected and law enforcement officials criticized Judge Harold Baer Jr. for ruling that more than 80 pounds of cocaine and heroin seized from a woman’s car could not be used as evidence. The judge said that it was understandable, and not suspicious, for four men who had delivered the packages to run away when they recognized a police officer. As a result, the search of the woman’s car was not legal, the judge ruled.  Here’s the judge’s ruling, issued January 24, 1996.