Exigency and Warrantless Search | State of New Jersey vs. Witt

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark One of the requirements for conducting a warrantless search is exigency, or to use another word, urgency. The leading case concerning exigency is State v. Pena-Flores in which the Jersey Supreme Court claimed that it was just reaffirming three decades of New Jersey common law which all…

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State of New Jersey vs Michael Cushing | Consent and Warrantless Search

Download the PDF here or visit the New Jersey Courts website RECORD IMPOUNDED NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0856-12T1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MICHAEL CUSHING, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________________________________________ Argued October 8, 2013 – Decided Before Judges Messano, Hayden and Rothstadt.…

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