Daily Archives: September 20, 2023

Slate: New Jersey Provides a Road Map for Fighting Racially Biased Traffic Stops

Slate: New Jersey Provides a Road Map for Fighting Racially Biased Traffic Stops by Aliza Hochman Bloom (“When the Supreme Court struck down the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina last term, the conservative … Continue reading

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NM: State had to support search incident to arrest of def’s purse at suppression hearing and didn’t

Defendant’s purse over the shoulder was not part of her person. It was removed from her and later searched incident to arrest. The state failed to support the search incident doctrine at the suppression hearing of where the purse was … Continue reading

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