State v. Cannon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

VILLANUEVA, J.A.D.

We granted the State’s motion for leave to appeal from a pretrial ruling in a drug distribution case barring the testimony of the State’s expert witness regarding methods employed by street-level drug dealers. We reverse.

This case arises out of an incident which occurred on February 5, 1993, at Wilkerson Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City. Members of the Jersey City Police Department Narcotics Task Force-set up a visual surveillance at that intersection. Sergeant Phil Zacche observed the defendant, Dwayne Cannon,…