Publication Date: 2022-02-14
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Pierre-Louis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Grillo, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Nyema (A-39-20) and respondent in State v. Myers (A-40-20) (Angelo J. Onofri, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney; Randolph E. Mershon, III, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs, and Laura Sunyak, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs); Tamar Y. Lerer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Myers (A-40- 20) (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer, of counsel and on the briefs)
for defendant: Alyssa Aiello, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Nyema (A-39-20) (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Alyssa Aiello, of counsel and on the briefs)
Case Number: A-39-20 (085146); A-40-20 (082858)
Knowing Only Race and Sex of Alleged Robbers Insufficient to Support Reasonable Suspicion to Initiate Traffic Stop