STATE v. STANTON


265 N.J. Super. 383 (1993)

627 A.2d 674

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ROBERT STANTON, JENISE BONNER, CHRISTINE P. HALLENBECK, BENNIE T. MCGHEE, DWAYNE T. ROGERS AND DERRICK JACKSON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Stalford, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Stalford, of counsel and on the letter-brief).

Stephen W. Kirsch, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondents (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Kirsch, of counsel and on the letter-brief).

Before BILDER and BAIME, JJ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, J.A.D.

We granted the State's motion for leave to appeal from an order of the Law Division, suppressing handguns and illegal drugs seized by the police from the defendants' motel room without a search warrant. The Law Division held that the police officers' entry into the motel room constituted a violation of defendants' Fourth Amendment rights. We disagree and reverse.

At 12:22 p.m. on March 12, 1992, Officer...

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