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State v. Brown

Citations

  • 784 A.2d 1244
  • 170 N.J. 138
  • 2001 N.J. LEXIS 1409

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the government had not adopted the statements of an informant submitted in a sworn affidavit in support of a search warrant submitted before the defendant’s indictment
  • noting that “an informant’s hearsay statements can be used to determine whether probable cause exists in the Fourth Amendment context”
  • holding \jury was able to consider the co-defendant's guilt separately from defendant because it convicted them of different crimes.\
  • stating that \New Jersey has expressly declined to adopt the federal residual hearsay exception\
  • stating that “New Jersey has expressly declined to adopt the federal residual hearsay exception”
  • upholding a trial court's denial of a request to disclose the CI's identity, where the CI made controlled buys, which the State used as the basis for a search warrant application

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Judges: Coleman, Stein

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