Legal Opinion
State v. Crawley
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 14, 1982PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
The issue here is whether Newark’s municipal loitering ordinance has been preempted by the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-1 to 98-4.
On various dates in 1979 defendants Randall Beck, Cornell Daniels, Eliezer Martinez and James Crawley were separately charged with loitering in violation of Newark Revised Ordinances § 17:2-14 (N.R.O. 17:2-14). The complaints against Beck, Daniels and Martinez alleged that each “did then and there loiter without legitimate purpose or reason” at a specified time and place within the City of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- City of Bellevue v. MillerWashington Supreme Court · 1975
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