STATE v. MANGOLD


82 N.J. 575 (1980)

414 A.2d 1312

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MARY MANGOLD, JAMES ASCUITTO, AND STEPHEN LABIANCA, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ileana N. Saros, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the appellant (John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mark D. Sperber, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for the respondents Mary Mangold and James Ascuitto (Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

James M. McGovern, Jr., argued the cause for the respondent Stephen La Bianca (Anschelewitz, Barr, Ansell & Bonello, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

This case concerns the propriety of police automobile inventory procedures initiated subsequent to lawful vehicle impoundment. The issue, left unresolved by the recent decisions of this Court in State v. Slockbower, 79 N.J. 1 (1979), and State v. Ercolano, 79 N.J. 25 (1979), is whether, in the absence of a search warrant or indicia of...

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