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State v. Mai

Citations

  • 993 A.2d 1216
  • 202 N.J. 12
  • 2010 N.J. LEXIS 393

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that cocaine discovered during warrantless search incident to arrest admissible at trial
  • noting that \no meaningful or relevant difference exists between the grant of authority to order an occupant of a vehicle to exit the vehicle and the authority to open the door as part of issuing that lawful order\
  • finding no difference in whether an officer orders an occupant out of a vehicle or opens the vehicle door to accomplish the same object
  • finding no difference in whether an officer orders an occupant out of a vehicle or opens the vehicle door to accomplish the same object
  • seeing \no reason to depart from the elegant reasoning\ of Smith in ruling police may open passenger-side door only on showing of heightened awareness of danger
  • limiting review of facts to those “adduced before [the court] at the suppression hearing”

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Judges: Rivera-Soto

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