State v. Boykins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

Defendant, indicted for possession of a narcotic drug, obtained a pretrial order suppressing evidence obtained by a search of an automobile in which he was a passenger. The Appellate Division granted leave to appeal and affirmed the order. We granted the State’s petition for certification. 48 N. J. 448 (1967).

At 8:45 p. si. on September 14, 1965 two detectives in plain clothes, riding in an unmarked ear, saw an automobile with four men, of whom defendant was one, proceeding along Bergen Street in the City of Newark at a high speed and…