State v. Broom-Smith

At issue on this appeal is the validity of a search warrant issued by a municipal court judge with respect to premises outside his territorial jurisdiction. The facts of the case have been set forth in the Appellate Division’s published opinion, State v. Broom-Smith, 406 N.J.Super. 228, 967 A.2d 359 (App.Div.2009), and need not be detailed here. It is sufficient for our purposes to note that because the Dover Township Municipal Court was not in session, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s investigator presented an application to the municipal court judge in Berkeley Township and obtained a warrant…