The opinion of the court was delivered by
FOTH, C.:
On the night of July 31, 1971, Captain Leo Regier and Detective Al Helfferich of the Manhattan Police Department were on stakeout at the municipal parking lot at Third and Houston Streets. For some time the parking meter collections from that lot had been coming up short and the officers were there to find out why.
They had come on duty at 9:30 p.m., and were scheduled for a four hour shift. Their...
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