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The state Supreme Court, in a ruling heralded by civil libertarians as a check on law enforcement power, ruled Monday that police cannot pull over a motorist merely because their license plate bracket or plateholder slightly obscures the vehicle s tag.
The high court said in its unanimous decision that it wasn t enough that the bracket partially obscures information on the tag to warrant a stop. The plateholder has to render the pertinent information a letter, number or state name unrecognizable for such a traffic stop to be lawful.
The ruling limits what civil libertarians have long complained are illegal pretextual stops stops made for negligible or no good reason in order to justify questioning the motorist. Such stops give police the chance to make unrelated inquiries, such as why the motorist is in the neighborhood or if drugs or weapons are in the vehicle.
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The incident took place on September 24, 2014 when a Pemberton Police Officer parked on Lemmon Avenue watched as a bullet fired in his direction, and six-inches above his head struck the roof of his marked patrol vehicle.
An investigation identified Tayron Brown of Trenton and Kavon Carter of Pemberton as the suspects, both of whom were charged in September of 2019.
An indictment was delayed due to the pandemic.
Tayron Brown, 24, of Trenton, has been indicted on charges of Attempted Murder (First Degree), Conspiracy to Commit Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Second Degree), Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Second Degree) and Aggravated Assault (Third Degree).
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