State v. Rockford, A-54 September Term 2011; Supreme Court; opinion by Patterson, J.; dissent by LaVecchia, J.; decided April 23, 2013. On appeal from the Appellate Division. [Sat below: Judges Payne, Koblitz and Baxter in the Appellate Division.] DDS No. 14-1-9701 [49 pp.]
Officers from the Manalapan Police Department executed a search warrant at the home that defendant John Rockford III shared with his elderly parents. Based on an investigation that included surveillance, officers suspected he was conducting a drug-distribution operation in the residence and that he had access to weapons registered to his father.
