[brief] JENNIFER N.  SELLITTI Public Defender [...] [...] [...] [...] Deputy Public Defender [...] Attorney ID: 063222014 Of Counsel and On the Brief DEFENDANT IS CONFINED October 9, 2024  TABLE OF CONTENTS  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ...........................................................................................................  1 PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND STATEMENT OF FACTS .................................................. 3 LEGAL ARGUMENT ..........................................................................................................................  7 THE ANONYMOUS, UNCORROBORATED 9-1-1 CALL DID NOT GIVE RISE TO REASONABLE SUSPICION TO STOP DEFENDANT.............................................................................. 7 A. There Was Insufficient Cause To Justify The Warrantless Police Action When Considering All The Proofs Set Forth By The State......................................................... 10 B. There Was Insufficient Cause To Justify The Warrantless Police Action Even If The Officer’s Testimony Is Not Considered......................................................... 15 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................... 21 INDEX TO APPENDIX  Trial court denial of motion to withdraw plea ..............................................  Ma 1-2  Application for permission to file emergent motion........................................  Ma 3-9  Disposition on application for permission to file emergent motion .............  Ma 10-11  Single-Justice Disposition on application for emergent relief.........................  Ma 12  State’s brief in State v. Gayden, [...]..................................................  Ma 13-21 __________________________  1  References are to the appendix submitted with the opposition to the State’s motion for leave to appeal.  | Cases | PAGE NOS. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------| | Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000) | 8, 9, 11, 17 | | Meshinsky v. Nicholas Yacht Sales, Inc., 110 N.J. 464 (1988) | 13 | | Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. 393 (2014) | 8 | | Rova Farms Resort v. Investors Ins. Co., 65 N.J. 474 (1974) | 13 | | State v. Basil, 202 N.J. 570 (2010) | 17, 19 | | State v. Coles, 218 N.J. 322 (2014) | 8 | | State v. Edmonds, 211 N.J. 117 (2012) | 7 | | State v. Frankel, 179 N.J. 586 (2004) | 19 | | State v. Gamble, 218 N.J. 412 (2014) | 16 | | State v. Golotta, 178 N.J. 205 (2003) | 16, 20 | | State v. Hathaway, 222 N.J. 453 (2015) | 18 | | State v. Locurto, 157 N.J. 463 (1999) | 13 | | State v. Nyema, 249 N.J. 509 (2022) | 12 | | State v. Rosario, 229 N.J. 263 (2017) | 7 | | State v. S.S., 229 N.J. 360 (2017) | 14 | | State v. Smith, 155 N.J. 83 (1998) | 8 | | State v. Stovall, 170 N.J. 346 (2002) | 8 | | TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (CONT’D) | PAGE NOS. | |-------------------------------|-----------| | **Other Authorities** | | | Christopher Slobogin, *Testilying: Police Perjury and What to Do About It*, 67 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1037 (1996) | 14 | | Joseph Goldstein, ‘*Testilying* by Police: A Stubborn Problem’, New York Times (March 18, 2018) | 14 | | Russell Covey, *Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions*, 90 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1133 (2013) | 14 | | **Rules** | | | R. 2:2-4 | 6 | | **Constitutional Provisions** | | | N.J. Const. art. I, par. 7 | 7 | | U.S. Const. amend. IV | 7 |