STATE v. WILLIAMSON


763 A.2d 285 (2000)

335 N.J. Super. 544

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. WILLIAMSON, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bernardi, Burlington County Prosecutor, for appellant (Mark B. Westfall, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, for respondent (Kevin Walker, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, amicus curiae (Paul H. Heinzel, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, A.A. RODRIGUEZ and FALL.


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

In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant may raise a claim of selective enforcement based on racial profiling after his conviction and sentence, while his direct appeal is pending. We conclude that a defendant who has raised issues during a pretrial motion to suppress sufficient to establish a colorable basis for a claim of selective enforcement, when considered in the light of the April 1999 Interim...

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