In what circumstances will a search warrant be sought in advance to search for evidence of criminal activity?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lypka, 326 N.E.2d 294, 36 N.Y.2d 210, 366 N.Y.S.2d 622 (N.Y. 1975):
In these circumstances, we do not think the search is made unreasonable because a warrant was not sought in advance. (Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433, 447--448, 93 S.Ct. 2523, 37 L.Ed.2d 706.) That protection of the public may have been accomplished by less intrusive means does not itself render the search unreasonable (Cf.
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