STATE v. CALDWELL


730 A.2d 352 (1999)

158 N.J. 452

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Eric CALDWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Halligan, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Robert H. Corrado, Assistant Prosecutor and Steven E. Braun, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Marcy H. Speiser, Deputy Attorney General, for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney).


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

In this appeal, we decide whether defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized at the time of his arrest was properly denied. More specifically, we consider whether his seizure by the police violated the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.

I.

At defendant's suppression hearing...

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