STATE v. MARTIN


87 N.J. 561 (1981)

436 A.2d 96

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JEROME MARTIN AND MARVIN MICKENS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Klein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants (Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Frederick S. Cohen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


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

The principal issue presented by this appeal, as in the companion case of State v. Alston, 87 N.J. 531, also decided today, involves the level of exigent circumstances sufficient to justify a warrantless search of an automobile under the automobile exception to the Warrant Clause, Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132, 45 S.Ct. 280, 69 L.Ed. 543 (1925). In...

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