STATE v. BOYNTON


297 N.J. Super. 382 (1997)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIE BOYNTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Cecelia Urban, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Mark P. Stalford, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, D'ANNUNZIO and NEWMAN.


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...

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