Supreme Court of New Jersey· 10/21/1981

State v. Alston

Citations

440 A.2d 1311
88 N.J. 211
1981 N.J. LEXIS 1677

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recognizing under New Jersey State Constitution a possessory interest in property as sufficient to convert standing to challenge the validity of automobile search
stating that generally, \a motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment may be successfully brought only by those persons whose rights were violated by the search itself\
retaining traditional rule that defendant has standing to suppress illegally-seized evidence in which defendant has a proprietary, possessory, or participatory interest
retaining traditional rule that defendant has standing to suppress illegally-seized evidence in which defendant has a proprietary, possessory, or participatory interest
expanding the New Jersey Constitution to provide standing to passengers to object to automobile searches
granting automatic standing to any person who “has a proprietary, possessory or participatory interest in either the place searched or the property seized”

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Judges: Clifford, Schreiber

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