Legal Opinion
State v. Valentine
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 2, 1994PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
At issue is whether a police officer’s pat-down of defendant during a legitimate investigatory stop was constitutional under the Fourth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and Article I, paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution. Defendant, Ronald Valentine, indicted for possession of a knife by a person previously convicted of a crime, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7, moved to suppress the knife on the ground that it was the subject of an illegal search and seizure. The trial court denied defendant’s motion to suppress, holding that both…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by58 opinions
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