Legal Opinion
State v. Zito
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 26, 1969PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Weintraub, C. J.
Vincent Zito, Charles Miller, and Karl Shucai were convicted of breaking and entering, N. J. S. 24 :94-1, and of larceny, N. J. S. 24 :119-2. Zito appealed. His convictions were affirmed by the Appellate Division, 103 N. J. Super. 552 (1968), and we granted his petition for certification, 53 N. J. 347 (1969).
The case turns upon an issue of search and seizure. Zito, Miller and Shucai were in Shucai’s automobile when they were arrested. A search of the trunk of the car yielded stolen property, the fruit of the crimes for which they were…
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