[brief] (Ca55).  After defendant was apprehended and the Mercedes was recovered, officers saw a jacket inside the abandoned carjacked Mercedes Benz.  (Ca55).  This jacket matched the description of the jacket worn by one of the individuals that stole the BMW M4 and Audi. \(^3\)  A review of defendant’s cellphone and Instagram pursuant to warrants revealed photographs of the gun, the Audi, the Mercedes, and a more thorough timeline.  Right after the Elizabeth carjacking, there was a video and photos on defendant’s phone of the interior and exterior of a Mercedes, including photos of the license plate, model (E350), and Trim (4Matic).  (Ca6 to 7 (Exhibit A; Exhibit C-1, 2, and 3)).  Additional videos are stored around the same time showing a tour of the car, including the exterior and interior.  Evidence of the Audi that brought defendant and his co-conspirators to the Elizabeth carjacking are also on the phone, including a screenshot of the --- \(^3\)  Although not cited in the State’s Omnibus Motion below, an additional police report, which was provided to defense in discovery, reveals that on April 26, the Audi was recovered abandoned in Jersey City.  Inside the vehicle, officers recovered the cellphones belonging to [...] and [...].  digital Owner’s Manual for a 2018 Audi Q5.  (Ca8 (Exhibit D)).  At 7:07 a.m. on April 23, a video is saved in defendant’s phone showing an individual wearing gray sweat pants and what appear to be red and black shoes driving an Audi.  (Ca9 (Exhibit E)).  Just after midnight on April 21, defendant uploaded two photographs of a black Audi Q5 to his Instagram Account, sending them to another Instagram user while discussing selling the Audi.\(^4\) (Ca10 (Exhibits F and G)).  On April 23 at 9:25 p.m., approximately two hours after the carjacking incident, defendant uploaded videos to his Instagram filmed from within the carjacked Mercedes.  (Ca11 (Exhibits H and I)).  A story posted at 3:45 p.m. under the Instagram account shows defendant wearing the same red-and-black Nike shoes in which he was arrested later that day and that he wore at the light rail station on his way to the Hudson armed robbery.  (Ca12 (Exhibit J)).  A number of Instagram stories and posts shows the same gray handgun with green laser attachment, posted at approximately 5:36 a.m., and the day prior, shows defendant pointing a handgun with an extended magazine and green laser at the camera.  (Ca13 (Exhibit K)).  Another photo posted the day prior shows the last four digits of the serial number of the gun, ending in 6719.  \(^4\)  Later in the direct messaging exchange with this Instagram user, the defendant also tried to sell the Mercedes to the user.  gun is displayed in front of the steering wheel of an Audi and defendant is wearing gray sweat pants.  The yellow BMW M4 stolen at the same time as the Audi also appears on defendant’s Instagram Account.  It first shows up on April 20 at approximately 11:00 p.m., where defendant shows off the front exterior and interior of a yellow BMW M4.  (Ca14 (Exhibit L)).  He then posts additional stories of a BMW later that night and again two nights later.  On the morning of the April 23 carjacking, defendant posted a video on Instagram showing the BMW M4 doing donuts in a parking lot.  (Ca15 (Exhibit M)).  These videos also appear in defendant’s cellphone. 5  LEGAL ARGUMENT POINT I THE TRIAL COURT