State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Christopher Arthur, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the investigatory stop of the defendant’s vehicle was justified by articulable reasonable suspicion independent of the evidence seized from the passenger, that the unlawful search of the passenger did not invalidate the stop, that ordering the driver to exit the vehicle after a Terry stop is permissible, and that the defendant’s voluntary admission of "bottles" supplied probable cause to search his person.