STATE v. SHARPLESS


715 A.2d 333 (1998)

314 N.J. Super. 440

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ronnie R. SHARPLESS, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Albert D. Barnes, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (Mark P. Stalford, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, SKILLMAN and EICHEN.


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

This appeal requires us to decide whether the police may stop and conduct a patdown search of a person whose physical description matches the description contained in an anonymous informant's tip concerning a man armed with a gun, even though the tip is not corroborated by observations of the suspect's conduct which correspond with conduct predicted by the informant...

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