STATE v. SLOCKBOWER


79 N.J. 1 (1979)

397 A.2d 1050

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOSEPH VINCENT SLOCKBOWER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jon P. Campbell argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Eric A. Summerville, attorney).

Mr. Lawrence H. Posner, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. James T. O'Halloran, Prosecutor, attorney).

Mr. David R. Arrajj, designated counsel, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender of New Jersey (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. William F. Lamb, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, P.J.A.D. (temporarily assigned).

This appeal presents the question whether under the federal1 and State2 constitutional provisions concerning search and seizure the police may routinely impound a motor vehicle and in the course thereof inventory its contents on the occasion of the arrest of its driver for a motor vehicle...

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