Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/19/1990

State v. Johnson

Citations

576 A.2d 834
120 N.J. 263
1990 N.J. LEXIS 96

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holding that consent that grew out of an illegally obtained confession was “fruit of the poisonous tree” and thus invalid
holding that “it would be improper to bolster [lay-opinion] testimony by reliance on [a prosecution witness’s] qualifications as a fingerprint expert”
holding that it was improper for a prosecutor to point out during summation that a defendant failed to make eye contact with the jury
stating that police detective can testify as lay witness about footprint identification
noting that if an invocation of the right to remain silent is ambiguous, the police \may ask questions designed to clarify whether the suspect intended to invoke his right to remain silent\
authorizing fingerprint expert to testify about comparison of defendant's footwear with shoeprints left at crime scene

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Judges: Handler, Stein

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