State v. Wallace

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

COLEMAN, J.

Under the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice (Code), a person commits the crime of second-degree eluding, if while operating a motor vehicle on any street or highway in this State, the operator “knowingly flees or attempts to elude any police or law enforcement officer after having received any signal from such officer to bring the vehicle ... to a full stop ... [and] the flight or attempt to elude creates a risk of death or injury to any person.” N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2b. This appeal requires us to resolve a conflict between panels in the…