STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JAMES CRAFT A-5022-10T2

STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JAMES CRAFT
          A-5022-10T2

     The primary issue in this case is whether the police
violated defendant's constitutional rights when they entered a
bedroom in his mother's apartment without a search warrant.  We
conclude that the police officers' actions were objectively
reasonable because the officers had reason to believe defendant
was in the bedroom, they knew he was potentially armed and
dangerous, and it was impracticable to obtain a search warrant.
We therefore reverse the order granting defendant's motion to
suppress a handgun and cocaine that were in plain view when the
police entered the bedroom. 
05-14-12