State v. Joao C. Torres

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court and may not summarize all portions of the opinion. State v. Joao C. Torres (A-15-22) (086812) Argued February 28, 2023 -- Decided May 4, 2023 SABATINO, P.J.A.D. (temporarily assigned), writing for a unanimous Court. In this appeal, the Court considers whether the seizure of defendant Joao Torres’s sweatshirt was justified under the search-incident-to-arrest exception to the warrant requirement in…