People v. King

The court departs from what I believe is the prevailing law and sets a new precedent in today holding reasonable the warrantless search of a man merely on the basis of an officer’s desire to give defendant a summons for street gambling and harass him a bit in the process. 11 Defendant was among a group of 10 men playing dice on the sidewalk. Officers in a patrol car espied this scene and told the men to disperse. When, upon circling the block, they saw the game still in progress, one of the officers got out of the patrol car, intending to issue summonses. As the players scattered, the officer…