El 10 de junio de 2017, la Corte Suprema de Nueva Jersey decidió Estado contra Dunbar. La decisión unánime anuló el precedente estatal que exige una sospecha razonable de contrabando antes de que la policía pueda desplegar un olfateo canino. Ahora se permiten olfateos caninos sin sospechas en Nueva Jersey...
Paradas de tráfico
Retiro de pasajeros en automóvil: cuando las circunstancias presentan una razón
As to the State's contention that the Smith standard has been eroded by subsequent decisions, the Court observes that no decision since Smith, including Sloane, has implicitly or explicitly modified or overruled Smith. Here, the Court reaffirms the Smith...
Retiro de pasajeros en automóvil: paradas legales de tráfico
To be lawful, an automobile stop must be based on reasonable and articulable suspicion that an offense, including a minor traffic offense, has been or is being committed. S.R. failed to wear his seatbelt and therefore violated the traffic code. *The stop followed the...
Retiro de pasajeros en automóvil: justificación
Defendant later moved to suppress the seized narcotics and paraphernalia; the trial court denied the motion. The court found the stop to be lawful because of the passenger's failure to wear a seatbelt. The court also found the passenger's removal from the car to be...
Retiro de pasajeros en automóvil: respuestas adecuadas
On January 31, 2017, Justice Timpone, wrote for a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of State v. Tawain Bacome. In this appeal, the Court clarified the circumstances under which police officers may require a passenger in an automobile to exit a vehicle...
Sospecha razonable y paradas de vehículos motorizados (Parte 3)
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution provide that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be...
Sospecha razonable de paradas de vehículos motorizados (Parte 2)
As the officer approached the driver's side of the vehicle, he did not give the driver a warning to turn off her high beams, but instead instructed her to produce her license, registration, and insurance cards. With the driver's side window down, he could smell burnt...
Sospecha razonable y paradas de vehículos motorizados (Parte 1)
On July 2016, in the case of State v. Al-Sharif Scriven, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that the trial court and Appellate Division properly concluded that the defendant’s motor-vehicle stop violated the Federal and State Constitutions. The language of...
Crédito de tiempo de intervalo
In State v. Walters, Docket No. a-0203-14 (App. Div. 2016), the Appellate Division addressed whether a criminal defendant is entitled to receive "gap-time credit" for time served in county jail on a Title 39 motor vehicle violation. Walters was charged with DWI on...
Alivio Laurick - Carta del IDRC a la corte
The following novel arguments were successfully submitted on behalf of one of Fred Sisto’s clients in order to reduce his two day jail sentence to twelve hours at the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center: When Laurick relief is granted for a second DWI, it is within the...