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NJ Supreme Court Approves Passenger Criminal Checks An AP Story by Jeffrey Gold reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled 6-0 that police can run a criminal check on a passenger during a traffic stop. The driver and any passengers are seized when an officer stops a vehicle according to the ruling which reinstated the conviction of a passenger with outstanding warrants, a suspended license and carrying crack cocaine. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote in his unanimous decision that checking the NCIC database ?was within the scope of the traffic stop and did not unreasonably prolong the stop, there was no basis to suppress the evidence found.? Teen being tried as an Adult in Pit-Bull dog attack A Southern California 17-year-old teen is facing felony charges as an adult for allegedly siccing his pit bull on an 8-year-old boy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).