Supreme Court of New Jersey· 8/11/1989

State v. Lewis

Citations

561 A.2d 1153
116 N.J. 477
1989 N.J. LEXIS 115

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observing in a case involving a warrantless search “[w]e follow the totality of the circumstances test for probable cause.”
finding no exigency in case in which “there [was] no evidence in the record to suggest that the premises could not have been safely secured while one of the officers obtained a search warrant”
finding no exigency in case in which \there [was] no evidence in the record to suggest that the premises could not have been safely secured while one of the officers obtained a search warrant\
suppressing evidence because the plain view of drugs occurred after the officer, acting on a tip but without a warrant, put his foot in the doorway to prevent the defendant from closing it
\[p]roper application of the `plain view' doctrine requires ... that the `officer's access to an object [have] some prior justification under the Fourth Amendment.'\ quoting Texas v. Brown, supra

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Judges: Handler, Clifford, Pollock, O'Hern, Garibaldi, Stein

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