Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Givens, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-04-04
Citations: 21 N.Y.2d 929
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Givens, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 929–930

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Givens, Appellant.
Argued February 28, 1968;
decided April 4, 1968.
Arnold E. Wallach for appellant.
Aaron E. Koota, District Attorney (Stanley M. Meyer of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed. The search warrant sufficiently described the record book of transactions of the criminal enterprise to sustain its seizure. The provisions of subdivision 4 of section 792 of the Code of Criminal Procedure authorizing the seizure of "property constituting evidence " is constitutionally valid (Warden v. Hayden, 387 U. S. 294).
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Keating, Breitel and Jasen.