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STATE v. WILLIAMS

926 A.2d 340 (2007)

192 N.J. 1

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marcellus R. WILLIAMS, a/k/a Marcullus R. Williams, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillary K. Horton, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Frank J. Pugliese, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Pugliese and Alan I. Smith, Designated Counsel, on the briefs).

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In State v. Crawley, 187 N.J. 440, 901 A.2d 924, cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 740, 166 L.Ed.2d 563 (2006), we determined that a defendant commits the crime of obstruction if he disobeys a police command and flees from an investigatory stop—even an unconstitutional one. In this appeal, we must decide whether defendant...

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