STATE v. FULLER


231 N.J. Super. 66 (1989)

554 A.2d 1364

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THOMAS FULLER, A/K/A ANDREW J. DE BRACEY, GREGORY LOYER, AND MICHAEL TRAPP, A/K/A ROBERT W. JORDAN, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Peter DeMarco, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., Somerset County Prosecutor, attorney; A. Peter DeMarco, on the letter brief).

Mordecai Garelick, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent Michael Trapp (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney; Mordecai Garelick, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Richard K. Hurley, Jr., attorney for respondent Thomas Fuller filed a letter joining the brief and arguments of counsel for Michael Trapp.

Neill Q. Hamilton, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, filed a letter joining the brief and arguments of counsel for Michael Trapp (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney for respondent Gregory Loyer).

Before Judges PRESSLER, O'BRIEN and SCALERA.


The opinion of the court was delivered by O'BRIEN, J.A.D.

By leave granted, the State appeals from an order suppressing an oral statement given by defendant Michael Trapp,1 also known as Robert W. Jordan (Trapp). We reverse.

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