STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
JOHN LEWIS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 25, 1989.
Decided August 11, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Catherine A. Foddai, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney, Catherine A. Foddai and Richard H. Morton, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).
Barbara J. Lieberman, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney).
Harvey Weissbard and Alan L. Zegas submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Weissbard & Wiewiorka and Alan L. Zegas attorneys).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.
In this case, as in State v. Hutchins, also decided today, 116 N.J. 457 (1989), we consider the legality of a warrantless entry into a home pursuant to an informant's tip of suspected drug activity. The trial court denied defendant's motion to suppress a portion of the evidence obtained by the police following entry into the house, relying on the "plain view" exception to the...
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