(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Bunk" by New Jersey Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Bunk
- Author : New Jersey Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 24, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The issue raised in this appeal is whether the police, under the plain view doctrine, were lawfully in a viewing area and whether they had probable cause to believe that a "light-colored" object which they observed in defendants hand as defendant placed the object into a hole beside a post on the porch of a multi-family dwelling was contraband. The object was ultimately determined to be a clear plastic bag containing narcotics. On defendants motion, the evidence taken from the porch was suppressed. The State appealed, and a divided Appellate Division affirmed in an unpublished opinion. The dissenting member of the panel found that the police officers conduct was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances. The State appealed as of right based on the dissent. We hold that all of the elements of the plain view doctrine were satisfied. Hence, we reverse the order suppressing the evidence.