Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/28/1987

State v. Sugar

Citations

527 A.2d 1377
108 N.J. 151
1987 N.J. LEXIS 354

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holding the state met its burden under a clear and convincing standard of proof and discovery of a body in a shallow grave was inevitably discoverable because of proximity, obviousness, odor, continued surveillance, and sale of the property
noting evidence that was the product of an illegal search is admissible when the evidence in question would have been discovered without reference to the police misconduct or error
concluding discovery of body inevitable because of odor
upholding the application of the inevitable discovery doctrine to the admission of a body buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of a hou se to which the defendant's friends had unrestricted access
laptop computer admissible under inevitable discovery exception

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Judges: Stein

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