People v. Doerbecker

We hold that a warrantless search and seizure on private property was not, in the attendant circumstances, violative of constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

Defendant appeals from an order of the Appellate Division which affirmed a judgment of conviction, entered on a plea of guilty, of possession of a weapon as a misdemeanor. The weapon in question, a blackjack, was found in defendant’s possession at the time of his arrest for the prior possession of three handguns. Before the entry of his guilty plea defendant sought, unsuccessfully, to challenge the search and…