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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