Legal Opinion
State v. Ercolano
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 12, 1979PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Conford, P. J. A. D.
(temporarily assigned). We confront here the same general question we dealt with in State v. Slockbower, 79 N. J. 1, decided this day. That is the matter of the circumstances under which the police in arresting an individual may take custody of his automobile (i. e., impound it) and search it for purposes of making an inventory of its contents. In State v. Slockbower the arrest was for a motor vehicle offense. We there held such action by the police was in violation of the federal and State constitutional protections against…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by84 opinions
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