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STATE v. SCRIVEN

A-11 September Term 2015.

140 A.3d 535 (2016)

226 N.J. 20

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Al-Sharif SCRIVEN, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Ducoat, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Carolyn A. Murray, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Alison S. Perrone, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney).

Claudia Joy Demitro, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Robert Lougy, Acting Attorney General, attorney).

In this appeal, we must determine whether a purported violation of the high-beam statute, N.J.S.A. 39:3-60, justified a police stop of a vehicle. The high-beam statute mandates that a driver dim a vehicle's high beams when approaching "an oncoming vehicle." Ibid.

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