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STATE v. HUTCHINS

116 N.J. 457 (1989)

561 A.2d 1142

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BOBBY ERIC HUTCHINS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillary L. Brunell, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney, Barbara A. Rosenkrans, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Susan Green, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney, Susan Green and David L. Kervick, on the briefs).

Cherrie M. Black argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

In this case, as in State v. Lewis, also decided today, 116 N.J. 477 (1989), we consider the legality of a warrantless entry into a home following an informant's tip of suspected drug activity.

In the present case, police were told by an informant that a black male named Bob, dressed in blue, was selling heroin from a certain address in Newark. Two officers, in plainclothes...

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