State v. Hill

We granted certification, 108 N.J. 651 (1987), to review the Appellate Division’s affirmance of defendant’s conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, con*171trary to N.J.S.A. 24:21-19a(l), repealed by L. 1987, c. 106, § 25 (current version at N.J.S.A. 2C:35-15). The conviction was entered on defendant’s conditional guilty plea pursuant to Rule 3:9 — 3(f), after the trial court had denied defendant’s motion to suppress the State’s use in evidence of certain controlled dangerous substances.

The single question presented in the petition for certification is whether a…