STATE v. WALLACE


730 A.2d 839 (1999)

158 N.J. 552

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Wayne WALLACE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Bove Carlucci, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Robert H. Corrado, Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Janet Flanagan, for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney).


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

Under the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice (Code), a person commits the crime of second-degree eluding, if while operating a motor vehicle on any street or highway in this State, the operator "knowingly flees or attempts to elude any police or law enforcement officer after having received any signal from such officer to bring the vehicle ... to a full stop ... [and...

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