Court Opinion

ID: 9759277
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:10:42.406501+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:00.659593
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CLIFFORD, J.,
dissenting.
I am in general agreement with Judge Antell’s dissenting opinion, State v. Farinich, 179 N.J.Super. 1, 7 (App.Div.1981) (Antell, J.A.D., dissenting), and therefore vote to reverse—this despite my reservations about the requirements of the dissent below that (a) before abandonment can be found, there must be a disavowal of ownership or possession by defendant, 179 N.J. Super, at 8 and (b) proof of voluntariness of an abandonment (the State’s burden) requires “proof that defendant knew he had a right to refuse the police permission to search the suitcase and that he had a legally protected right of privacy therein.” 179 NJ.Super. at 13.
For affirmance—Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices PASHMAN, SCHREIBER, HANDLER, POLLOCK and O’HERN—6.
For reversal—Justice CLIFFORD—1.