State v. Sims

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pashman, J.

This appeal requires an application of the standards governing search warrants set forth in State v. De Simone, 60 N. J. 319 (1972). We are called upon to determine whether a search warrant permitting police to search the premises of a service station and any persons found therein, authorized in connection with an investigation aimed at illegal bookmaking, is unconstitutional as a proscribed general warrant. Should that question be answered in the affirmative, we must decide whether the circumstances of this case are such that the searches…