People v. Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The Fifth Amendment privilege which exists as to private papers cannot be asserted with respect to records which are required, by law, to be kept and which are subject to governmental regulation and inspection. (See Shapiro v United States, 335 US 1, 33; Davis v United *657States, 328 US 582, 589-590; Wilson v United States, 221 US 361, 380; Matter of Cappetta, 42 NY2d 1066, 1067; Matter of Sigety v Hynes, 38 NY2d 260, 268.) To hold otherwise and allow the privilege to cloak such records would make…