State v. Bruns

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

The primary questions in this appeal relate to the warrantless search that revealed evidence implicating defendant John Bruns in a crime. The Law Division denied defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized from a motor vehicle that connected him to an armed robbery for which he subsequently was convicted. The Appellate Division reversed, suppressing the evidence in reliance on the principles set forth by this Court in State v. Pierce, 136 N.J. 184, 208-09, 642 A.2d 947 (1994). We granted the State’s petition for certification, 169 N.J.…