STATE v. NELSON

A-60 September Term 2017 080159.

206 A.3d 408 (2019)

237 N.J. 540

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dwight M. NELSON, a/k/a Nelson Dwight, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alicia J. Hubbard , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Alicia J. Hubbard, of counsel and on the briefs).

Jane C. Schuster , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Jane C. Schuster, Trenton, of counsel and on the briefs, and Michele C. Buckley , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Union County Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Tess Borden , argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Tess Borden, Alexander Shalom , Edward Barocas and Jeanne LoCicero , on the brief).


In this appeal, the Court considers whether the wait for a canine unit's arrival prolonged defendant's traffic stop, and if so, whether the delay was justified by independent reasonable and articulable suspicion that defendant possessed drugs.

In October 2014, a New Jersey State...

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