State of New Jersey v. Aharon Atwood and Shalom Mizrahi, Defendants-Respondents.

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the trial court’s order suppressing all evidence obtained after a warrantless automobile stop because the State failed to prove the stop was justified by reasonable suspicion. The Court held that a later‑issued search warrant does not retroactively validate the unlawful stop, so the State bears the burden of proving the stop’s legality.