STATE v. AMELIO

A-92 September Term 2007

962 A.2d 498 (2008)

197 N.J. 207

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul AMELIO, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Braun, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (James F. Avigliano, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Douglas J. Kinz, W. Patterson, argued the cause for respondent.

Teresa A. Blair, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).


PER CURIAM.

In this case we decide whether a telephone call to a police dispatcher by a seventeen-year-old reporting that her father was drunk and driving provided a constitutional basis to stop defendant's vehicle. We hold that under the circumstances presented there was reasonable and articulable suspicion of an offense to support a constitutional motor vehicle stop by the police.

I.

The parties stipulated to the facts for the purpose of deciding...

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