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45 New Jersey opinions name it 3 courts 1975–2025 6 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by New Jersey courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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State v. Hollandgreen2 sentences2025Third, regardless of the strength of their proofs under the first and second A-1741-22 22 prongs, prosecutors must demonstrate by the same enhanced standard that the initial impermissible search was not the product of flagrant police misconduct. [Id. at 310 (quoting State v. Holland, 176 N.J. 344, 360-61 (2003)).] We are unpersuaded by defendant's contention that the trial judges erred in assessing the flagrancy prong of the independent source doctrine. 2022To satisfy the independent source doctrine, the State must prove three elements by clear and convincing evidence: 1) "probable cause existed to conduct the challenged search without the unlawfully obtained information "; 2) "the police would have sought a warrant without the tainted knowledge or evidence that they previously had acquired or viewed"; and 3) "the initial impermissible search was not the product of flagrant police misconduct." Camey, 239 N.J. at 310 (quoting State v. Holland, 176 N.J. 344, 360-61 (2003)). | 8 | 12 |
Nix v. Williamsgreen2 sentences2025"The independent source doctrine allows admission of evidence that has been discovered by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation." Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431, 443 (1984). 2020The independent source doctrine "allows for the introduction of evidence tainted by unlawful police conduct if the information leading to discovery of the evidence is independent of the previous unlawful conduct." State v. Camey, 239 N.J. 282 , 310 (2019) (citing Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431, 443 (1984)). | 6 | 9 |
Murray v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2019See generally State v. Holland, 176 N.J. 344 (2002) (embracing the independent source doctrine applied in Murray v. United States, 487 U.S. 533 (1988)). 2003Under these circumstances, the threat that the subsequent search was tainted by the illegal search is too great to allow for the application of the independent source exception. [Id at 548-49, 108 S.Ct at 2539 , 101 L.Ed.2d at 487-88 (Marshall, J., dissenting) (internal quotation marks, citation, and footnote omitted),] Complicating the analysis is a line of pre- and post-Murray decisions by federal and State courts holding that if an affidavit submitted in support of an application for a search warrant contains lawfully obtained information which establishes the probable cause required for a | 3 | 3 |
State v. Smithgreen2 sentences2021We note that although the State bears the burden of proving the elements of the independent source doctrine by clear and convincing evidence, "[f]lagrancy is a high bar, requiring active disregard of proper procedure, or overt attempts to undermine constitutional protections." State v. Camey, 239 N.J. 282 , 310 (2019) (citing State v. Smith, 212 N.J. 365, 398 (2012)). 2015Ed. 2d 564, 568 (1981); cf. Smith, supra, 212 N.J. at 393-401 (applying the independent source rule to affirm denial of motion to suppress evidence obtained as the result of a warrant flawed because the supporting affidavit's omissions rendered it inaccurate). | 2 | 3 |
State v. Nathan Shaw State v. Keon L. Bolden (078247) (Monmouth County and Statewide)green2 sentences2022Consequently, the independent source doctrine allows for the "admission of evidence that was discovered wholly independently from the constitutional violation." State v. Shaw, 237 N.J. 588, 621 (2019). 2020Consequently, the independent source doctrine allows for the "admission of evidence that was discovered wholly independently from the constitutional violation." State v. Shaw, 237 N.J. 588, 621 (2019) (citation omitted). | 2 | 2 |
State v. Sugargreen2 sentences1992The independent source doctrine allows the admission of evidence that has been obtained by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation. [1] State v. Curry, 109 N.J. 1, 13-17 , 532 A. 2d 721 (1987); State v. Sugar, 100 N.J. 214, 237 , 495 A. 2d 90 (1985). 1992The independent source doctrine allows the admission of evidence that has been obtained by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation. [1] State v. Curry, 109 N.J. 1, 13-17 , 532 A. 2d 721 (1987); State v. Sugar, 100 N.J. 214, 237 , 495 A. 2d 90 (1985). | 1 | 6 |
State v. Malik-Ismailgreen2 sentences2017Our analysis in Williams was guided by "'the source rule of N.J.R.E. 410,' namely the Federal Rule." Id. at 611 (citing State v. Malik-Ismail, 292 N.J. 2016Malik- Ismail, supra, 292 N.J. | 1 | 3 |
United States v. Gene Allen Herroldgreen1 sentence2025United States v. Herrold, 962 F.2d 1131, 1140 (3d Cir. 1992). 5 Here, there was overwhelming evidence to establish probable cause implicating defendant in the murder for the issuance of a search warrant without the suicide note. | 1 | 1 |
State v. Johnsongreen1 sentence2025See State v. Johnson, 171 N.J. 192, 214 (2002) (defining probable cause as "nothing more than 'a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances . . . there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place." (omission 5 The independent source test under the New Jersey Constitution is more exacting. | 1 | 1 |
Ker v. Californiagreen1 sentence2021As noted, . . . we have described a failure to comply with the knock- and-announce rule, not as an independently unlawful event, but as a factor that renders the search "constitutionally defective." Wilson, 514 U.S.[] at 936; see also id.[] at 934 (compliance with the knock- and-announce requirement is one of the "factors to be considered in assessing the reasonableness of a search or seizure" (emphasis added)); Ker v. California, 374 U.S. 23, 53 (1963) (opinion of Brennan, J.) ("[A] lawful entry is the indispensable predicate of a reasonable search."). [Id. at 615 (parallel citations omitted) | 1 | 1 |
State v. Robinsongreen1 sentence2019We stress that courts must apply scrupulously each part of the test, and that the government’s failure to satisfy any one prong of the standard will result in suppression of the challenged evidence. [Id. at 362-63.] 9 “The jurisdiction of appellate courts rightly is bounded by the proofs and objections critically explored on the record before the trial court by the parties themselves.” State v. Robinson, 200 N.J. 1, 19 (2009). | 1 | 1 |
Aqua Marine Prod. v. Pathe Computergreen2 sentences2012Here there was no special circumstance compelling the taking of telephone testimony and no circumstantial voucher of the integrity of the testimony so taken and no consent. [ Id. at 275 , 551 A. 2d 195 .] That passage is the source of a test that has been distilled, and used, by other courts. 2012Here there was no special circumstance compelling the taking of telephone testimony and no circumstantial voucher of the integrity of the testimony so taken and no consent. [ Id. at 275 , 551 A. 2d 195 .] That passage is the source of a test that has been distilled, and used, by other courts. | 1 | 1 |
Barry v. Lindnergreen2 sentences2012See, e.g., Barry v. Lindner, 119 Nev. 661 , 81 P. 3d 537, 542 (2003). 2012See, e.g., Barry v. Lindner, 119 Nev. 661 , 81 P. 3d 537, 542 (2003). | 1 | 1 |
Weeks v. United Statesred2 sentences2006In brief, the source of the exception is dictum in Weeks v. U.S., 232 U.S. 383 , 34 S.Ct. 341 , 58 L.Ed. 652 (1914), to the effect that law-enforcement officials could “search the person of the accused when legally arrested, to discover and seize the fruits or evidences of crime.” Id. at 392 , 34 S.Ct. at 344 , 58 L.Ed. at 655 (emphasis added). 2006In brief, the source of the exception is dictum in Weeks v. U.S., 232 U.S. 383 , 34 S.Ct. 341 , 58 L.Ed. 652 (1914), to the effect that law-enforcement officials could “search the person of the accused when legally arrested, to discover and seize the fruits or evidences of crime.” Id. at 392 , 34 S.Ct. at 344 , 58 L.Ed. at 655 (emphasis added). | 1 | 1 |
| Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United Statesgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Wong Sun v. United Statesgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Chester Lee Wicker v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Correctionsgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Segura v. United Statesgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Anderson v. Nixongreen | 1 | 1 |
| Dolson v. Anastasiagreen | 1 | 1 |
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|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New Jersey. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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|---|---|---|
Sarte v. Pidoto
green
2 sentences1978The tentative draft comment states: This rule makes minor changes in the source rule, adding the statutory right of appellant to demand trial by jury, cf. N.J.S.A. 9:17 20, and making clear the obligation of the lower court to transmit the notice of appeal and its record to the appellate court. [Emphasis supplied] Had the Supreme Court intended to directly contradict the statutory grant of a jury trial to either party, which “was conceived by the Legislature to be an important attribute,” Sarte, supra, 129 N.J.Super. at 408 , it presumably would not have referred to it as a “minor language cha 1978The tentative draft comment states: This rule makes minor changes in the source rule, adding the statutory right of appellant to demand trial by jury, cf. N.J.S.A. 9:17 20, and making clear the obligation of the lower court to transmit the notice of appeal and its record to the appellate court. [Emphasis supplied] Had the Supreme Court intended to directly contradict the statutory grant of a jury trial to either party, which “was conceived by the Legislature to be an important attribute,” Sarte, supra, 129 N.J.Super. at 408 , it presumably would not have referred to it as a “minor language cha | 2 | 1978–1978 |
Jackson v. Hankinson and Bd. of Ed. of New Shrewsbury
green
2 sentences1975Super. 505, 514 (App. Div. 1967), aff'd 51 N.J. 230 (1968), the court determined that under R.R. 4:8-3, the source rule of R. 4:5-4, the defense of qualified immunity of a municipality had to be specifically pleaded in order to avoid surprise, which purpose it identified as "the spirit of the rule." However, it went on to qualify this pleading requirement where *255 public policy compelled having the defense before the court and the other party was not prejudiced, citing Douglas v. Harris, 35 N.J. 270 (1961), as authority. [at 106] In the instant case the court perceives no basis for denying t 1975Super. 505, 514 (App. Div. 1967), aff'd. 51 N.J. 230 (1968), the court determined that under R.R. 4:8-3, the source rule of R. 4:5-4, the defense of qualified immunity of a municipality had to be specifically pleaded in order to avoid surprise, which purpose it identified as "the spirit of the rule." However, it went on to qualify this pleading requirement where public policy compelled having the defense before the court and the other party was not prejudiced, citing Douglas v. Harris, 35 N.J. 270 (1961), as authority. | 2 | 1975–1975 |
Douglas v. Harris
green
2 sentences1975Super. 505, 514 (App. Div. 1967), aff'd 51 N.J. 230 (1968), the court determined that under R.R. 4:8-3, the source rule of R. 4:5-4, the defense of qualified immunity of a municipality had to be specifically pleaded in order to avoid surprise, which purpose it identified as "the spirit of the rule." However, it went on to qualify this pleading requirement where *255 public policy compelled having the defense before the court and the other party was not prejudiced, citing Douglas v. Harris, 35 N.J. 270 (1961), as authority. [at 106] In the instant case the court perceives no basis for denying t 1975Super. 505, 514 (App. Div. 1967), aff'd. 51 N.J. 230 (1968), the court determined that under R.R. 4:8-3, the source rule of R. 4:5-4, the defense of qualified immunity of a municipality had to be specifically pleaded in order to avoid surprise, which purpose it identified as "the spirit of the rule." However, it went on to qualify this pleading requirement where public policy compelled having the defense before the court and the other party was not prejudiced, citing Douglas v. Harris, 35 N.J. 270 (1961), as authority. | 2 | 1975–1975 |
Franks v. Delaware
green
1 sentence2021The court also rejected defendant's request for a Franks3 hearing, which defendant requested as part of his motion to suppress. 3 Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978). | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Dickerson v. United States
red
1 sentence2019The source of this test is the common law, which “recognized that coerced confessions are inherently untrustworthy.” Dickerson, 530 U.S. at 433 (citing King v. Warickshall (1783) 168 Eng. | 1 | 2019–2019 |
State v. Hunt
green
1 sentence2019A-5276-16T4 9 See State v. Hunt, 91 N.J. 338 , 349–50 (1989) (holding that "lawfully obtained information in . . . affidavits upon which . . . warrants were based justified their issuance" notwithstanding that the affidavits also contained information from unlawfully obtained telephone toll records). | 1 | 2019–2019 |
State of New Jersey v. Ebonee R. Williams
green
1 sentence2017Our analysis in Williams was guided by "'the source rule of N.J.R.E. 410,' namely the Federal Rule." Id. at 611 (citing State v. Malik-Ismail, 292 N.J. | 1 | 2017–2017 |
Miller v. Reis
green
2 sentences2013The landlords’ terse argument fails to establish an abuse of discretion by the trial court, see Miller v. Reis, 189 N.J.Super. 437, 445 , 460 A.2d 210 (App.Div.1983) (noting that “an argument employing this economy of words and authority does little to persuade us of the righteousness of the claim”), and therefore we discern no reason to disturb the result. 2013The landlords’ terse argument fails to establish an abuse of discretion by the trial court, see Miller v. Reis, 189 N.J.Super. 437, 445 , 460 A.2d 210 (App.Div.1983) (noting that “an argument employing this economy of words and authority does little to persuade us of the righteousness of the claim”), and therefore we discern no reason to disturb the result. | 1 | 2013–2013 |
State v. Sugar
green
2 sentences2012A. The leading case in New Jersey on the inevitable discovery doctrine is State v. Sugar, 108 N.J. 151 , 527 A.2d 1377 (1987). 2012A. The leading case in New Jersey on the inevitable discovery doctrine is State v. Sugar, 108 N.J. 151 , 527 A.2d 1377 (1987). | 1 | 2012–2012 |
United States v. Ceccolini
green
2 sentences2012After this case was orally argued, we requested briefing on two additional questions: (1) whether, in the event we concluded that the phone records were inadmissible under either the inevitable discovery doctrine or the independent source rule, what remaining evidence would have been admissible at trial under United States v. Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268 , 98 S.Ct. 1054 , 55 L.Ed.2d 268 (1978), and (2) could admission of the telephone records be deemed harmless error. 2012After this case was orally argued, we requested briefing on two additional questions: (1) whether, in the event we concluded that the phone records were inadmissible under either the inevitable discovery doctrine or the independent source rule, what remaining evidence would have been admissible at trial under United States v. Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268 , 98 S.Ct. 1054 , 55 L.Ed.2d 268 (1978), and (2) could admission of the telephone records be deemed harmless error. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
United States v. Allied Oil Corp.
green
2 sentences2008The source of this test for facial uneonstitu tionality is the decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). 2008There, then Chief Justice Rehnquist stated that “[a] facial challenge to a legislative Act is, of course, the most difficult challenge to mount successfully, since the challenger must establish that no set of circumstances exists under which the Act would be valid.” Id. at 745 , 107 S.Ct. at 2100 , 95 L.Ed.2d at 707 . | 1 | 2008–2008 |
United States v. Salerno
green
2 sentences2008The source of this test for facial uneonstitu tionality is the decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). 2008The source of this test for facial uneonstitu tionality is the decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). | 1 | 2008–2008 |
State v. Chaney
green
2 sentences2003Under these circumstances, the threat that the subsequent search was tainted by the illegal search is too great to allow for the application of the independent source exception. [Id at 548-49, 108 S.Ct at 2539 , 101 L.Ed.2d at 487-88 (Marshall, J., dissenting) (internal quotation marks, citation, and footnote omitted),] Complicating the analysis is a line of pre- and post-Murray decisions by federal and State courts holding that if an affidavit submitted in support of an application for a search warrant contains lawfully obtained information which establishes the probable cause required for a 2003Under these circumstances, the threat that the subsequent search was tainted by the illegal search is too great to allow for the application of the independent source exception. [Id at 548-49, 108 S.Ct at 2539 , 101 L.Ed.2d at 487-88 (Marshall, J., dissenting) (internal quotation marks, citation, and footnote omitted),] Complicating the analysis is a line of pre- and post-Murray decisions by federal and State courts holding that if an affidavit submitted in support of an application for a search warrant contains lawfully obtained information which establishes the probable cause required for a | 1 | 2003–2003 |
State v. Carty
green
1 sentence2002Ante at 647, 790 A. 2d at 912 . | 1 | 2002–2002 |
United States v. Cesar Augusto Restrepo and Luis Pulido
green
1 sentence1999In addition, we find no other post- Murray circuit cases concerning the independent source doctrine that have interpreted Murray as refuting their pre- Murray holdings that inclusion of illegally-acquired information on a warrant affidavit does not invalidate the warrant if the affidavit's other averments set forth probable cause. [ 966 F. 2d at 969-70 .] We are in complete agreement with this analysis. | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Kastigar v. United States
green
2 sentences1997In applying the independent source doctrine, the trial court apparently relied on Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 , 92 S.Ct. 1653 , 32 L.Ed. 2d 212 (1972). 1997In applying the independent source doctrine, the trial court apparently relied on Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 , 92 S.Ct. 1653 , 32 L.Ed. 2d 212 (1972). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
| Eaton v. Eaton green | 1 | 1996–1996 |
| Matthiessen & Weichers Refining Co. v. McMahon's Administrator green | 1 | 1996–1996 |
| Drake v. Crowell green | 1 | 1996–1996 |
| Paradiso v. Mazejy green | 1 | 1996–1996 |
| Evans v. Elizabeth Police Department green | 1 | 1995–1995 |
| Lear v. Township of Piscataway green | 1 | 1995–1995 |
| Chatman v. Hall green | 1 | 1995–1995 |
| Gurski v. State Police Dept. green | 1 | 1995–1995 |
| State v. Curry green | 1 | 1992–1992 |
| United States v. Leon green | 1 | 1987–1987 |
| State v. Droutman green | 1 | 1987–1987 |
| United States v. Genaro Rafael Hernandez-Cano green | 1 | 1987–1987 |
| Reste Realty Corporation v. Cooper green | 1 | 1977–1977 |
| State v. Davis green | 1 | 1976–1976 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.