STATE v. GOLDSMITH

A-77 September Term 2020 085636.

277 A.3d 1028 (2022)

251 N.J. 384

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Nazier D. GOLDSMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Rachel M. Lamb , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Grace C. MacAulay , Camden County Prosecutor, attorney; Rachel M. Lamb , of counsel and on the briefs).

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

Jennifer B. Condon submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Dr. Jeffrey Fagan, PhD (Seton Hall Law School, Center for Social Justice, attorneys; Jennifer B. Condon , on the brief).


In this case, we must determine whether reasonable and articulable suspicion existed when a police officer conducted an investigatory stop of defendant Nazier Goldsmith on a walkway adjacent to a vacant house. Two police officers were on patrol in Camden in what they believed to be a "high...

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