STATE v. PICKETT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamar Y. Lerer , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer , of counsel and on the briefs).

Stephanie Davis Elson , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Esther Suarez , Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney; Stephanie Davis Elson , of counsel and on the briefs).

Amanda G. Schwartz , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Amanda G. Schwartz , of counsel and on the brief).

Karen Thompson argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Electronic Frontier Foundation (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Kit Walsh (Electronic Frontier Foundation) of the California and Massachusetts bars, admitted pro hac vice, and Hannah Zhao (Electronic Frontier Foundation) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Karen Thompson , Alexander Shalom , Jeanne LoCicero , Kit Walsh and Hannah Zhao , on the joint brief).

Christopher D. Adams , Holmdel, argued the cause for amicus curiae The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, attorneys; Christopher D. Adams , of counsel and on the brief; Abdus-Sami M. Jameel , on the brief).

Dana M. Delger (Innocence Project Inc.) of the New York bar, New York, NY admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amicus curiae The Innocence Project ( Dana M. Delger (Innocence Project Inc.) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, Mazraani & Liguori, LLP, Michael A. Albert (Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.) of the Massachusetts bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Anant K. Saraswat (Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.) of the Massachusetts bar, Boston, MA admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Dana M. Delger , Joseph M. Mazraani , North Brunswick, Michael A. Albert and Anant K. Saraswat , on the brief).

Dino L. LaVerghetta (Sidley Austin LLP), of the District of Columbia and New York bars, Washington, DC, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amici curiae Drs. Mats Heimdahl and Jeanna Matthews (Coughlin Duffy LLP, Dino L. LaVerghetta , (Sidley Austin LLP) of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, and Iain C. Armstrong (Sidley Austin LLP) of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Dino L. LaVerghetta , Iain C. Armstrong , Washington, DC, Matthew Hopkins , Morristown, and Mark K. Silver , Washington, DC, on the brief).

J. David Pollock , attorney for amicus curiae The Legal Aid Society.

Singer & Fedun, LLC and Kendra K. Albert (Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School) of the Massachusetts bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys for amicus curiae Upturn, Inc. ( William Singer and Kendra K. Albert , on the brief).

Before Judges Fasciale, Rothstadt and Susswein.