State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Saleem T. Crawley, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the defendant's conviction for obstruction, holding that a police officer acting in good faith and under color of authority on the basis of a dispatch is "lawfully performing an official function" for purposes of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1(a), even if the investigatory stop is later found unconstitutional. The dissent argued that the statute requires a lawful stop and that the anonymous tip did not provide reasonable suspicion, so the flight should not be criminalized.