State v. Johnson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

This appeal concerns the suppression of evidence of the escape of defendant, Richard Johnson, from police headquarters and of his subsequent telephone call to the police. The Law Division granted defendant’s motion to suppress. In an unreported decision, the Appellate Division reversed. We granted defendant’s motion for interlocutory appeal, 117 N.J. 651, 569 A.2d 1347 (1989), and now reverse the judgment of the Appellate Division.

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