Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent/cross-Appellant v. Nathan N. Shaw, A/k/a Dion Shaw, A/k/a Leroy Anderson…

May 13, 2019237 N.J. 588

Summary

The Supreme Court held that the warrantless search of a motel room is unconstitutional, that the third‑party intervention doctrine does not apply to such searches, that Shaw’s extended detention was an unlawful de facto arrest rendering his confession inadmissible, that Shaw has automatic standing to challenge the search of the tote bag and that the trespasser and abandoned‑property exceptions do not apply, and that Hanson’s consent to search the vehicle was not voluntary, so the vehicle search and all derived evidence must be suppressed.