STATE v. PENALBER


898 A.2d 538 (2006)

386 N.J. Super. 1

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Louis PENALBER, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hunter, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Hunter, of counsel and on the brief).

Jeanne Screen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, attorney; Ms. Screen, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, AXELRAD and LEVY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

This appeal involves the validity of a warrantless entry into a residence to make an arrest. The trial court held that the entry was valid under the "consent-once-removed" doctrine, under which consent to a police officer's initial entry into a private place may provide authorization for a subsequent entry if the separate entries can be viewed as components of a single, continuous and integrated...

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