State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Raul Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the police’s encounter with the defendant constituted an investigative detention lacking reasonable articulable suspicion, rendering the subsequent consent to search involuntary and requiring suppression of the heroin seized. The Court relied on Fourth Amendment jurisprudence and recent United States Supreme Court precedent on anonymous tips.