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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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