State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Antoine D. Watts, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the appellate court’s suppression order, holding that the police acted reasonably in detaining Antoine D. Watts after an initial limited pat‑down and completing the search of his person in a private setting. The Court found that the warrant to search Watts’s person authorized a reasonable continuation of the search and that Bailey v. United States did not apply.