Supreme Court of New Jersey· 6/3/1968

State v. McKnight

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243 A.2d 240
52 N.J. 35
1968 N.J. LEXIS 219

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rejecting defendant’s claim that waiver was invalid because he thought statement could not be used against him unless written and signed
when police are lawfully within a viewing area, evidence discovered in plain view can be seized without a search warrant
when police are lawfully within a viewing area, evidence discovered in plain view can be seized without a search warrant
“the first right of the individual, [is] the right to be protected from criminal attack”
criminal defendant must assert rights — “even though they may be of constitutional origin” — according to court rules; “constitutional rights may be lost if they are not advanced in accordance with rules which afford a fair opportunity to press them”
“if a defendant was given the Miranda warnings * * * his ‘waiver’ was no less * * * ‘knowing’ and ‘intelligent’ because he misconceived the inculpatory thrust of the facts he admitted, or because he thought that what he said could not be used because it was oral * * *.”

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