Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Wendell Mann, Defendant-Respondent

August 4, 2010203 N.J. 328

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the police had reasonable and articulable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop of the defendant and that the subsequent seizure of drugs from the defendant's vehicle was lawful under the plain view exception. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Appellate Division's decision and reinstated the defendant's convictions and sentence.