STATE v. COSTA


742 A.2d 599 (1999)

327 N.J. Super. 22

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Joseph P. COSTA, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Nash, Woodbury, for defendant-appellant (Hoffman, DiMuzio & Hoffman, attorneys; Mr. Nash, on the brief).

Jack R. Martin, Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (Jeffrey S. Blitz, Atlantic County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Martin, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges KING, KLEINER and CARCHMAN.


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

Defendant Joseph P. Costa, III, was charged in the Hamilton Township Municipal Court with a disorderly person's offense, possession of under fifty grams of marijuana, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(4). He filed a motion to suppress the evidence seized, which was denied. Preserving his right to seek a trial de novo and his concomitant right to raise anew his motion...

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