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STATE v. WRIGHT

Docket No. A-4813-10T1

71 A.3d 212 (2013)

431 N.J. Super. 558

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ricky WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Pugliese, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Sylvia Orenstein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Jeanne Screen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Attorney General, attorney; Ms. Screen, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, SABATINO and MAVEN.

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

This criminal appeal concerns the "third-party intervention" doctrine, often referred to as the "private search" doctrine. In certain instances, New Jersey courts and various other jurisdictions have applied the doctrine to authorize the police to inspect or search a defendant's property without a warrant, so long as the police do not exceed the scope of the private actor's intrusion that led to the police...

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