STATE v. CRAWLEY


901 A.2d 924 (2006)

187 N.J. 440

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Saleem T. CRAWLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fruqan Mouzon, Newark, argued the cause for appellant (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys).

Daniel I. Bornstein, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Gina Mendola Longarzo, Florham Park, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Hack, Piro, O'Day, Merklinger, Wallace & McKenna, attorneys).


Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, two police officers on patrol received a dispatch from headquarters that a person was armed with a gun outside a bar. Minutes later, near the bar, the officers sighted a man matching the description given in the dispatch and ordered him to stop for questioning. Instead, the man, later identified as defendant Saleem T. Crawley, ran. After an intense pursuit, the officers arrested defendant. Defendant was...

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