State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Kingkamau Nantambu, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that an inadvertent omission in a recorded conversation does not mandate suppression of the entire tape; only the unreliable portion may be excluded after a NJRE 104 hearing, and the operator‑competence factor under Driver is to be applied liberally given modern technology. The Court reversed the Appellate Division’s admission of the full recording and remanded for further proceedings.