Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Angelo Ralph Contursi, Defendant-Respondent

May 4, 196544 N.J. 422

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress, holding that there was probable cause for Contursi's arrest and that the warrantless search of his betting slips was valid as incident to that arrest, thereby upholding his conviction for bookmaking.