State v. Smith

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided 1994-01-26

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J. This appeal addresses the admissibility of evidence seized in the pat-down search of a passenger in a lawfully stopped automobile. The critical questions concern the reasonableness of a State Trooper’s ordering a passenger out of a car, and his subsequent pat-down of that passenger. We find that both t…

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