In State v. Zalcberg, decided on March 27 of this year, the New Jersey Supreme Court seems to have created a “good faith” extension to the exigency exception to the warrant requirement.

Defendant was driving through a major intersection in Freehold Township at night when her vehicle collided with another. The crash resulted in the fire department having to use the jaws of life to remove the roof of defendant’s vehicle in order to free her and her two passengers. The three were flown to the hospital by helicopter; later on one of the passengers died of her injuries.