STATE v. COOKE


751 A.2d 92 (2000)

163 N.J. 657

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alfred COOKE, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Chronakis, Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-appellant (Fred J. Theemling, Jr., Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).

Susan Brody, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-respondent (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, 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 VERNIERO, J.

This appeal involves the question whether the "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement of the New Jersey Constitution requires a finding of exigent circumstances. That question has become significant because the United States Supreme Court has held that exigent circumstances are not required under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, concluding...

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