New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 7/3/1997

State v. Fuqua

Citations

303 N.J. Super. 40
696 A.2d 44
1997 N.J. Super. LEXIS 310

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rejecting a broad reading of the tampering statute because it would absurdly require all illegal substances and weapons to be carried in plain view
defendant did not commit an affirmative act of concealment; rather, drugs were discovered on the defendant's person during a police search
defendant did not commit an affirmative act of concealment; rather, drugs were discovered on the defendant’s person during a police search
to avoid impheating the prohibition against self-incrimination, the term “concealment” must be “construed to refer to evidence of a completed criminal act, not a current possessory crime”
defendant did not commit an affirmative act of concealment; rather, drugs were discovered on the defendant’s person during a police search
held the New Jersey hindering statute was “sensibly construed to refer to evidence of a completed criminal act, not a current possessory crime” and did not apply where defendant had cocaine concealed in his socks

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