What constitutes a search pursuant to a warrant to search a given area for specified objects?
The following excerpt is from People v. Roberson, 134 Misc.2d 644, 512 N.Y.S.2d 291 (N.Y. City Ct. 1987):
(a) a search pursuant to a warrant to search a given area for specified objects during which the search comes across some other article of contraband. Citing Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States, 282 U.S. 344, 51 S.Ct. 153, 75 L.Ed. 374 (1931); Steele v. United States, 267 U.S. 498, 45 S.Ct. 414, 69 L.Ed. 757 (1925).
(b) exigent circumstances during which the police come across evidence, such as "hot pursuit" of a fleeing suspect. Citing Warden v. Hayden, 387 U.S. 294, 87 S.Ct. 1642, 18 L.Ed.2d 782 (1967).
(c) seizure of an object which comes into view during a search incident to a lawful arrest. Citing Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 89 S.Ct. 2034, 23 L.Ed.2d 685 (1969).
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