A tenant no longer has a reasonable expectation of privacy once eviction proceedings have moved to the point where the landlord can change the locks, and therefore no right to object to a police search, a divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
Reversing the Appellate Division, the court reinstated the conviction of Gene Hinton, who was arrested in his Newark apartment on drug charges after a warrant of removal had been issued.
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