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STATE v. JOHNSON

793 A.2d 619 (2002)

171 N.J. 192

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Drew JOHNSON, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Ouslander, Special Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Daniel G. Giaquinto, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney).

Jodi L. Ferguson, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, attorney).

Catherine A. Foddai, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether the police, under the plain view doctrine, were lawfully in a viewing area and whether they had probable cause to believe that a "light-colored" object which they observed in defendant's hand as defendant placed the object into a hole beside a post on the porch of a multi-family dwelling was contraband. The object was

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