Supreme Court of New Jersey
State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Conrad P. Hempele and Sharon Hempele, Defendants-Respondents; State of…
July 17, 1990120 N.J. 182
Summary
The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that article I, paragraph 7 of the state constitution protects curbside garbage from warrantless searches, requiring a warrant based on probable cause for any search, while seizure of the bags requires no cause; it affirmed the suppression of evidence in State v. Hempele and reversed the denial of suppression in State v. Pasanen, remanding for a probable‑cause determination.