PEOPLE v. HUNTLEY


43 N.Y.2d 175 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hilbert Huntley, Also Known as Charles Huntley, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan A. Powers and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Thomas Geller and Gail L. Geisinger of counsel), for respondent.

David Rudenstine for the New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Carl Saks of counsel), in response to the amicus curiae brief of the Civil Liberties Union.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


JONES, J.

We hold that a parolee's constitutional right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when his apartment is searched, without a search warrant, by his parole officer if the latter's conduct is rationally and reasonably related to the performance of his duty as a parole officer.

Defendant was paroled on May 10, 1971 while serving a prison sentence for robbery....

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