Opinion · Supreme Court of New Jersey

State v. Carty

174 N.J. 351

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Date
2002-04-30
Topic
bankruptcy

How later courts describe this case

  • declining to follow Schneckloth, 412 U.S. 218, and finding that 21 A-0580-20 there must be a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal wrongdoing as a prerequisite to requesting consent to search a vehicle after a routine stop for a motor vehicle violation
  • even a consent search after a traffic stop requires reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity
  • "A motor vehic[le] violation, no matter how minor, justifies a stop without any reasonable suspicion that the motorist has committed a crime or other unlawful act."
  • "A motor vehic[le] violation, no matter how minor, justifies a stop without any reasonable suspicion that the motorist has committed a crime or other unlawful act." (citing Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648, 663 (1979

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ORDER

The Supreme Court having filed its decision in the within matter on March 4, 2002, 170 N.J. 632, 790 A.2d 903, and the Court’s opinion and judgment having provided that it should be retroactive to the June 23, 2000, date of the decision of the Appellate Division, 332 N.J.Super. 200, 753 A.2d 149,

And the Court having decided, sua sponte, to modify its judgment in respect of the issue of retroactivity,

And good cause appearing;

IT IS ORDERED that the Court’s judgment shall apply to all cases pending in the trial court and on direct appeal as of June 23, 2000. The judgment does not apply to cases in which defendants had exhausted all avenues of direct review as of June 23, 2000.

Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, and ZAZZALI join in the Court’s Order.