Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Harvey Sims and Leroy Richo, Defendants-Appellants

January 31, 197875 N.J. 337

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a warrant authorizing the search of unnamed persons at a service station was an unconstitutional general warrant violating the Fourth Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution, and that the warrantless searches of the defendants were not justified by any recognized exception, resulting in reversal of their convictions and dismissal of the charges.