STATE v. NISHINA


816 A.2d 153 (2003)

175 N.J. 502

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James J. NISHINA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Casazza argued the cause for appellant (Rudnick, Addonizio, Pappa & Comer, Hazlet, attorneys).

Mary R. Juliano, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney).

Teresa A. Blair, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (David Samson, Attorney General, attorney).


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

This case implicates defendant's right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the analogous provision under our State Constitution. Specifically, we are called on to examine a pat-down search of defendant's person and a warrantless search of his automobile that yielded, respectively, drug paraphernalia...

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