Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/24/1985
State v. Sugar
Citations
- 495 A.2d 90
- 100 N.J. 214
- 1985 N.J. LEXIS 2367
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying “clear and convincing evidence” standard as burden of proof with respect to “inevitable discovery” discovery claim
- explaining how independent source doctrine allows admission of evidence “ ‘that has been discovered by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation’ ”
- explaining how independent source doctrine allows admission of evidence \ `that has been discovered by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation' \
- applying “clear-and-convincing-evidence” standard as elevated burden of proof with respect to claim of “inevitable discovery” of illegally obtained evidence, because State had “created [the] situation”
- creating the New Jersey inevitable discovery rules: “(1) [P]roper, normal and specific investigatory procedures would have been pursued in order to complete the investigation of the case; (2
- holding, inter alia, consent to must be \unequivocal\
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Judges: Handler
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80 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. BeySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-08-02· cited 242×
- State v. MichaelsSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-06-23· cited 230×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2012-10-25· cited 198×
- State v. HartleySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1986-07-03· cited 191×
- State v. LongSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-06-21· cited 164×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-07-19· cited 162×
- State v. BaroneSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1997-03-10· cited 118×
- Smith v. StateAlaska Supreme Court· 1997-11-21· cited 96×
- State v. Michael A. Maltese (073584)Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2015-08-17· cited 75×
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-07-28· cited 65×
- State v. David Bass(072669)Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2016-03-07· cited 54×
- State v. MulcahySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-06-30· cited 50×
- State v. FlorezSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-01-27· cited 45×
- State v. Nathan Shaw State v. Keon L. Bolden (078247) (Monmouth County and Statewide)Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2019-05-13· cited 41×
- State v. HollandSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2003-06-03· cited 39×
- State v. Dion E. Robinson (076267) (Atlantic County and Statewide)Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2017-05-01· cited 39×
- Rubanick v. Witco Chemical Corp.New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1990-06-01· cited 38×
- Royal Backes, as Father and Next Friend of Michelle L. Backes, Kathy L. Backes, and Curt A. Backes, All Minors v. The Valspar CorporationSeventh Circuit· 1986-02-03· cited 36×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-05-13· cited 35×
- State v. RavottoSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2001-07-26· cited 35×
Cites
41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 9,230×
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 4,761×
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1984-06-11· cited 3,080×
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
- Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1920-03-01· cited 2,373×
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 2,166×
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court· 1972-01-12· cited 1,930×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-10-08· cited 338×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-04-26· cited 268×
- People v. ChismMichigan Supreme Court· 1973-10-17· cited 158×
- United States v. LevyThird Circuit· 1978-05-03· cited 157×
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-24· cited 123×
- State v. PonterySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1955-10-17· cited 120×
- State v. AbbatiSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-06-05· cited 116×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa· 1979-11-14· cited 100×
- State v. BellucciSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-01-21· cited 99×
- United States v. Thomas Griffin and Catherine TuckerSixth Circuit· 1974-12-09· cited 92×
- Barber v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1979-08-10· cited 91×
Other cases named State v. Sugar
8 other CourtListener records share this case name.
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-24· cited 123×
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-07-28· cited 65×
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-01-25· cited 52×
- State v. SugarNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1990-04-11· cited 21×
- State v. SugarOhio Court of Appeals· 2026-05-28· cited 1×
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-06-11
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-02-27
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-02-08
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