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Searching Vehicle Of Prison Visitor Suspected Of Illegal Drug Possession Upheld

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Searches, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Visitor Searches, Vehicle Searches. Location: New Jersey.

New Jersey resident Janice Daniels appealed a State court denial of her
motion to suppress heroin seized from her vehicle's interior. Mrs, Daniels
and her husband were visiting her son who was incarcerated at the Garden
State Youth Correctional Facility. Mrs. Daniels tested positive for illegal
drugs when passing through ...

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