New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York v. Joseph L. Perel
June 19, 197434 N.Y.2d 462
Summary
The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the search and seizure of the defendant's address book and slips of paper taken from a police property envelope after his arrest was reasonable and incident to arrest, thus not a Fourth Amendment violation. Justice Wachtler concurred, limiting his agreement to the loss of privacy once the notebook was taken.