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STATE v. CITARELLA

712 A.2d 1096 (1998)

154 N.J. 272

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph CITARELLA, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Petersen, Assistant Prosecutor, for plaintiff-appellant (William H. Schmidt, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney).

Sylvia M. Orenstein, Assistant Public Defender, for defendant-respondent (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney; John E. Adams, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

The defendant in this case was arrested by an officer from the Fort Lee Police Department. The circumstances leading up to his arrest call for the application of search and seizure law to investigatory stops. The trial court determined that the circumstances gave rise to a reasonable articulable suspicion that justified the initial stop of defendant by the police officer. The Appellate Division concluded that the...

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