STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JOELLE D. CARONNA STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. FREDDY COLLADO (20-02-0221, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) - Published

This court held that the exclusionary rule applies where police violate Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution by unreasonably and unjustifiably ignoring a search warrant requirement that they knock and announce their presence before entering a dwelling. Doing so deters police from flagrantly violating knock-and-announce search warrant requirements; safeguards against unconstitutional, unreasonable, and illegal search and seizures under New Jersey law; and, importantly, upholds the rule of law and integrity of our administration of justice.