Suppression where stop based only for high beam State
v. Scriven __ NJ __
The trial court and Appellate Division
properly concluded that the motor-vehicle stop violated the Federal and State
Constitutions. The language of the high-beam statute, N.J.S.A. 39:3-60, is
unambiguous; drivers are required to dim their high beams only when approaching
an oncoming vehicle. Neither a car parked on a perpendicular street nor an
on-foot police officer count as an oncoming vehicle. The judgment of the
Appellate Division upholding the trial court’s suppression of the evidence is
affirmed. (A-11-15)