Legal Opinion
State v. Patino
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 19, 1980PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
The Appellate Division reversed defendants’ convictions and remanded for a new trial on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of N.J.S.A. 24:21-20(a)(2) and N.J.S.A. 24:21-19(a)(l). 163 N.J.Super. 116 (1978). We granted the State’s petition for certification, 79 N.J. 477 (1979), to consider whether the trial court should have suppressed as evidence the cocaine discovered in the trunk of the automobile occupied by these defendants. The State contends that under the circumstances here presented the search was…
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