A-111-13 State v. Thomas Shannon(074315)

The Court held in State v. Novembrino, 105 N.J. 95, 519 A.2d 820 (1987), only that, in recognition of the exclusionary rule’s secondary function as a mechanism for the enforcement of citizens’ *594constitutional rights, where law enforcement is involved in the error giving rise to the unlawful search or seizure, the police officer’s good faith conduct is not a basis to avoid suppression. Reading Novembrino to require suppression for a purely judicial error, as the concurring opinion does, ignores the significant costs of suppressing competent evidence and renders the deterrent function of the…