State v. Stovall

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

ZAZZALI, J.

This appeal requires the Court to determine the legality of a police investigatory stop. Specifically, we must decide whether a law enforcement officer had reasonable suspicion to conclude that a suspect at Newark International Airport was transporting narcotics. The Appellate Division held that the officer was not justified in that conclusion, and affirmed the trial court’s suppression of the drugs seized as a result of defendant’s detention and subsequent arrest. We disagree. Upon review of the totality of the circumstances, we conclude…