State v. Boynton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

NEWMAN, J.A.D.

This appeal raises an issue of first impression concerning the constitutional validity of a search and seizure in a single-occupancy, public rest room. We affirm because defendant’s reasonable expectation of privacy was not violated by the police entry into an unlocked, single-occupancy rest room where defendant was engaged in illegal narcotic activity with another person.

Following the denial of his motion to suppress, defendant Willie Boynton pled guilty to third-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A.…