STATE v. ANDREWS

A-72 September Term 2018 082209.

234 A.3d 1254 (2020)

243 N.J. 447

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert ANDREWS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Sciarra , Clifton, argued the cause for appellant (Sciarra & Catrambone, attorneys; Charles J. Sciarra , of counsel, and Deborah Masker Edwards , on the briefs).

Frank J. Ducoat , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Theodore N. Stephens, II , Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Frank J. Ducoat , of counsel and on the briefs, and Caroline C. Galda , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Elizabeth C. Jarit , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender of New Jersey ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Elizabeth C. Jarit , of counsel and on the brief).

Andrew Crocker (Electronic Frontier Foundation) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Andrew Crocker , Jennifer Granick (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, Alexander Shalom , and Jeanne LoCicero , on the brief).

Christopher J. Keating argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association (New Jersey State Bar Association, attorneys; Evelyn Padin , President, Hoboken, of counsel, and Christopher J. Keating , Richard F. Klineburger , Haddonfield, Brandon D. Minde , and Matheu D. Nunn , Denville, on the brief).

Megan Iorio (Electronic Privacy Information Center) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amicus curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center (Barry, Corrado, Grassi & Gillin-Schwartz and Electronic Privacy Information Center, attorneys; Megan Iorio , Alan Butler (Electronic Privacy Information Center) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Marc Rotenberg (Electronic Privacy Information Center) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Frank L. Corrado , Wildwood, on the brief).

Matthew S. Adams argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Fox Rothschild, attorneys; Matthew S. Adams , Jordan B. Kaplan , Marissa Koblitz Kingman , and Victoria Salami , Morristown, on the brief).

Lila B. Leonard , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Lila B. Leonard , of counsel and on the brief).

Gregory R. Mueller , First Assistant Sussex County Prosecutor, argued the cause for amicus curiae County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey ( Francis A. Koch , Sussex County Prosecutor, President, attorney; Gregory R. Mueller , of counsel and on the brief).


This appeal presents an issue of first impression to our Court — whether a court order requiring a criminal defendant to disclose the passcodes to his passcode-protected cellphones violates the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or New Jersey...

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