The following excerpt is from People v. Scott, 473 N.E.2d 1, 483 N.Y.S.2d 649, 63 N.Y.2d 518 (N.Y. 1984):
The permissibility of a particular practice is a function of its "reasonableness," which is determined by balancing its intrusion on the Fourth Amendment interests of the individual involved against its promotion of legitimate governmental interests (People v. John BB., supra, 56 N.Y.2d, at p. 487, 453 N.Y.S.2d 158, 438 N.E.2d 864; United States v. Villamonte-Marquez, 462 U.S. 579, 103 S.Ct. 2573, 77
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