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STATE v. HEWITT

Docket No. A-3648-05T3, A-4094-05T3

947 A.2d 674 (2008)

400 N.J. Super. 376

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony HEWITT and Dervan Facey, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bernardi, Burlington County Prosecutor, attorney for appellant (Alexis R. Agre, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for respondent Anthony Hewitt (Robert L. Sloan, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Hagner & Zohlman, attorneys for respondent Dervan Facey (John A. Zohlman, III, Cherry Hill, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, YANNOTTI and LeWINN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a police officer who makes observations during a routine safety inspection of a commercial truck that reasonably lead him to believe it contains a hidden compartment containing contraband must obtain a search warrant before undertaking to confirm the existence of the hidden compartment and determine its contents. We conclude that a search of an area of...

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