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STATE v. HANDY

A-108 September Term 2009.

18 A.3d 179 (2011)

206 N.J. 39

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Germaine A. HANDY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Yomtov, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Stephen P. Hunter, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.

Germaine A. Handy was arrested as a result of incorrect information regarding the existence of a warrant, conveyed by a police dispatcher to an officer who had stopped Handy for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk in violation of a city ordinance. At issue before us is whether evidence uncovered in the ensuing search should be suppressed. We answer that question in the affirmative. The dispatcher had, in hand, a ten...

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