In State v. Luis Melendez, the state Supreme Court held that statements made by a suspected drug dealer in response to a civil forfeiture complaint in an effort to keep money seized in an apartment raid cannot be used against him in a parallel criminal proceeding.

The court affirmed and modified the Appellate Division’s ruling that defendant Luis Melendez’s constitutional rights were violated.

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