State v. Lewis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KING, P.J.A.D.

The issue in this case is whether the exigent circumstance that evidence of drug dealing might be removed from an apartment justified an entry without a search warrant. This has become a troublesome area of search and seizure law in which courts and judges have disagreed.

As LaFave states, “the question is whether the experience to date merits the conclusion that in due course the exception [to the Warrant Clause] will be defined (in a way which is understandable by police and which will not result in it being an exception which in effect…