Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1/11/2018

State v. Sutherland

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231 N.J. 429
176 A.3d 775

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describing Justice Kagan's concurrence as containing \several important caveats\ and collecting cases that \either followed or acknowledged [her] narrow interpretation of an objectively reasonable mistake of law\
describing Justice Kagan’s concurrence as containing “several important caveats” and collecting cases that “either followed or acknowledged [her] narrow interpretation of an objectively reasonable mistake of law”
“When interpreting a statute we look first, and foremost, to its actual language and ascribe to its words their ordinary meaning.”
“[A] number of states have either followed or acknowledged Justice Kagan’s narrow interpretation of an objectively reasonable mistake of law when deciding similar issues under the rubric of Heien’s analysis.”
“[A] reasonable mistake of fact on the part of a police officer will not render a search or arrest predicated on that mistake unconstitutional.” (citing State v. Handy, 206 N.J. 39, 53-54 (2011))
“[A] reasonable mistake of fact on the part of a police officer will not render a search or arrest predicated on that mistake unconstitutional.” (citing State v. Handy, 206 N.J. 39, 53-54 (2011))

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Judges: Albin, Fernandez, Lavecchia, Patterson, Rabner, Solomon, Timpone, Vina

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