JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A Hudson County man convicted on weapons charges is appealing his case, arguing that the trial court wrongly denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during what he says was an illegal traffic stop and unlawful police search.
According to the brief filed April 16, 2025, by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, Assistant Deputy Public Defender Alexandra Marek represents the defendant, who is currently incarcerated. The appeal challenges a judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court, Law Division, Hudson County (Indictment No. 21-08-00685-I) following a jury trial before Judge Angelo Servidio.
In the appellate filing, Marek argues that police officers lacked a “reasonable and articulable suspicion” to stop the vehicle in which the defendant was a passenger and that the ensuing detention, questioning, and search violated the Fourth Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution…