STATE v. CARONNA

DOCKET No. A-0580-20 A-0581-20.

265 A.3d 1249 (2021)

469 N.J. Super. 462

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joelle D. CARONNA, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Freddy Collado, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Hulett, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant State of New Jersey (Yolanda Ciccone, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; Nancy A. Hulett, of counsel and on the brief).

Scott M. Welfel, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent Joelle D. Caronna (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Scott M. Welfel, of counsel and on the brief).

Joseph M. Mazraani, North Brunswick, argued the cause for respondent Freddy Collado (Mazraani & Liguouri, LLP, attorneys; Joseph M. Mazraani and Jeffrey S. Farmer, of counsel and on the brief).

Sarah D. Brigham, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Adam D. Klein, of counsel and on the brief).

Alexander Shalom, Newark, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, argued the cause for amicus curiae (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Alexander Shalom and Jeanne LoCicero, on the brief).

Barry H. Evenchick, Hackensack, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, argued the cause for amicus curiae (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Fasciale, Sumners and Vernoia.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This appeal requires us to determine, as a matter of first impression, whether under our State Constitution the exclusionary rule applies to an unconstitutional and flagrant violation of a search warrant's knock-and-announce requirement. A detective requested and obtained a warrant...

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