STATE v. WILSON


833 A.2d 1087 (2003)

178 N.J. 7

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry D. WILSON, a/k/a Robert Smith, IWA, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jafer Aftab, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Bennett A. Barlyn, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Mark H. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).


Justice VERNIERO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a search-and-seizure case. We granted certification to determine whether the State has satisfied its burden of demonstrating the validity of a warrantless automobile search. The State advances some legitimate arguments to justify its conduct. However, our review of the trial court's suppression hearing leads us to conclude that the State submitted insufficient factual proofs at that hearing to support its...

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