State v. Pallone

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE

¶ 85. (dissenting). In a refrain that has become all too familiar, the majority opinion dutifully repeats the principle that a "warrantless search is per se unreasonable unless one of the 'few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions' justifies the search,"1 and then proceeds to find yet another exception. I agree with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that the warrant requirement "has become so riddled with exceptions that it [has become] basically unrecognizable."2 Because the majority opinion recognizes another exception to the…