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STATE v. BEST

A-77 September Term 2008

987 A.2d 605 (2010)

201 N.J. 100

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas E. BEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Funk, argued the cause for appellant (Jacobs & Barbone, attorneys, Atlantic City).

Boris Moczula, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Anne Milgram, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Avidan Y. Cover, argued the cause for amicus curiae on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation (Gibbons, attorneys, Newark; Ms. Cover, Lawrence S. Lustberg, Newark, Edward L. Barocas, Jeanne M. LoCicero and Nadia N. Seeratan, attorneys, on the brief).

Cynthia J. Jahn, Trenton, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey School Boards Association (Ms. Jahn and Donna M. Kaye, attorneys, on the brief).

Justice WALLACE, JR., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certification to determine whether the reasonable grounds standard adopted by our Court and the United States Supreme Court in State in the Interest of T.L.O., 94 N.J. 331, 346, 463 A.2d 934 (1983), rev'd on other grounds sub. nom. New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325, 105 S.Ct. 733, 83 ...

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