The opinion of the Court was delivered by VERNIERO, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether exigent circumstances or some other exception to the warrant requirement justified the warrantless search of defendant's electronic pager device. The trial court concluded that the police had been justified in retrieving the information from the pager as a search incident to defendant's lawful arrest. The Appellate Division disagreed, finding that the search of the...
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