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STATE v. PEPSHI

745 A.2d 494 (1999)

162 N.J. 490

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rame PEPSHI, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Byrnes, Designated Counsel, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Joseph Connor, Jr., Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (John B. Dangler, Morris County Prosecutor, attorney).

Melaney S. Payne, Deputy Attorney General, for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This appeal concerns the meaning of silence. In some circumstances it is said that "silence speaks louder than words." In re Young, 91 F.3d 1367, 1375 (10 th Cir.1996). The silence here concerns the passive reaction by a group of motorists to a high-risk stop of their vehicle by the police. The motorists were in fact a somewhat inept, but no less...

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