STATE v. PIERCE


190 N.J. Super. 408 (1983)

463 A.2d 977

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JAMES EDWARD PIERCE AND CHARLENE CARROLL, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Carchman, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney for appellant (William Allan Zarling, Administrative Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Merlino, Rottkamp and Flacks, attorneys for respondent James Edward Pierce (Franklin L. Flacks, of counsel and on the brief).

Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender, attorney for respondent Charlene Carroll (Jane G. Kleinfield, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Before Judges FRITZ and PETRELLA.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FRITZ, P.J.A.D.

This is an automobile search and seizure matter in which we granted the motion of the State for leave to appeal from a determination of the trial judge suppressing the search. We reverse.

The salient facts are not the subject of any real dispute. In any event, the findings of the trial judge in this respect might reasonably have been reached on sufficient...

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