Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County, rendered September 10, 1973, convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the third degree, criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fifth degree, criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree and unlicensed growing of a narcotic plant. On the early morning of March 8, 1973, three members of the New York State Police and two narcotic investigators for the City of Schenectady Police Department, pursuant to a no-knock search warrant, entered the second floor apartment at 1111 Barrett Street in the City of Schenectady, where three male occupants, including the defendant, were asleep. A search of defendant’s bedroom revealed a large quantity of green vegetable matter and a large
