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The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.
Beginning on July 16, 2010, each appeal summary posted on this website includes its "posted" date, which is necessary for calculating certain due dates for filing briefs and motions under revised Rule 1:13-9, "Amicus Curiae."
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A-15-13 State v. Bruce E. Lige (072327) In a trial on the charge of receiving stolen property, what is the appropriate use of the history of the defendant’s other theft offenses to establish his knowledge that property was stolen under N.J.S.A. 2C:20-7?
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A-13/2014-13 Daniel Tumpson v. James Farina (072813) Did the Clerk of the City of Hoboken comply with the requirements of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, known as the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to -210, in the processing of plaintiffs’ referendum petition; and, if not, did the noncompliance violate the New Jersey Civil Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 to -2, permitting an award of attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs?
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A-12-13 State v. Joseph M. Jaffe (072259) May a sentencing court consider mitigating evidence arising between defendant’s plea and the sentencing hearing?
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A-11-13 State v. Bruno Gibson (072257) Was defendant entitled to a judgment of acquittal on this DWI charge where the municipal court that convicted defendant relied, over defense counsel’s objection, on evidence elicited in a pre-trial suppression hearing?
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A-10-13 Stephanie Washington v. Carlos A. Perez (072522) Was it reversible error to instruct the jury that it could draw an adverse inference against defendants as a result of their failure to call their medical experts to testify at trial?
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A-8/9-13 Michael J. Barrick, Jr. v. State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury (072795) In this public bidding case involving a lease for office space, did the agency act arbitrarily in waiving the requirement that the site be within a specific distance from public transportation and awarding the lease to the lowest bidder; and if so, was the appropriate remedy to require that the lease be awarded to the second lowest bidder or rebid?
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A-7-13 Janet Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority and New Jersey State Police (072545) Does an erroneous jury charge on a public entity’s standard of care under the Tort Claims Act require retrial on only the public entity’s liability, or is a retrial on the comparative negligence and liability for all parties also required?
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Does an exemption to the certificate of need requirement under the Health Care Facilities Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq., belong to the tenant who established and operated the exempted nursing home or to the landlord of the property on which the nursing home is operated; and if the exemption belongs to the landlord, does equity require the landlord to pay the tenant operator for the value of the established business?
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A-5-13 Maryann Cottrell v. Zagami, LLC d/b/a The Landmark Americana Tap & Grill (072235) Does the New Jersey Civil Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 to -2, apply to defendants not acting under color of State law?
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A-3/4-13 State v. Michael Sumulikoski/State v. Artur Sopel (072957) Does New Jersey have territorial jurisdiction to try New Jersey teachers who had sexual contact with New Jersey high school students in Germany while chaperoning a school trip?
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A-2-13 Deborah F. Townsend v. Noah Pierre (072357) Can the conclusion of plaintiff’s expert that overgrown bushes on the corner of the property were the proximate cause of the accident serve to defeat the property owners’ motion for summary judgment when the only witnesses’ deposition testimony was that the bushes did not obstruct the view?
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A-1-13 Beverly Maeker v. William S. Ross (072185) Does the 2010 amendment to the Statute of Frauds, N.J.S.A. 25:1-5(h), which requires a writing memorializing palimony agreements and independent advice of counsel prior to executing such an agreement, apply to bar enforcement of oral agreements that existed before adoption of the amendment?
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A-76-12 State v.T.J.M. (072419) Did evidentiary errors and prosecutorial misconduct occur that cumulatively prejudiced defendant’s right to a fair trial in light of the weight of the evidence against him?
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A-75-12 State v. John C. Blann (07220146) Where defendant requested through his attorney in open court that his right to be tried by a jury be waived, was his conviction properly reversed because of the absence of a written jury waiver under Rule 1:8-1(a) and an express and understanding waiver by defendant personally on the record?
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A-74-12 State in the Interest of A.B. (072873) Was defendant properly granted access into the sexual assault victim's home to inspect the crime scene based on his constitutional right to a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense in light of the crime victim's rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Victim's Rights Amendment to the New Jersey Constitution, and the Crime Victim's Bill of Rights, N.J.S.A. 52:4B-34 to -38?
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A-73-12 James Hitesman v. Bridgeway Inc. (072466) Can a professional code of conduct, which governs the conduct of licensed nurses but not their employers, support a nurse's objectively reasonable belief that his employer's conduct constituted "improper quality of patient care" under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8?
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A-72-12 IMO the Application for a New Jersey Permit to Carry a Handgun by Richard Pantano (072329) Does the statutory requirement that an applicant for a permit to carry a handgun demonstrate "a justifiable need to carry a handgun," N.J.S.A. 2C:58-4(d), violate the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution?
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A-71-12 State v. Yolanda Terry and Teron Savoy (072775) Does the marital communications privilege prohibit disclosure by third parties who overhear spousal communications pursuant to an authorized wiretap, and should the crime-fraud exception apply to this privilege?
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A-70-12 Sam Hargrove et al. v. Sleepy’s LLC (072742) Under New Jersey law, which test should a court apply to determine a plaintiff's employment status for purposes of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1, et seq., and the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, N.J.S.A. § 34:11-56a, et seq.?
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A-69-12 State v. Julie L. Michaels a/k/a Lynn Michaels (072106) Was defendant’s right of confrontation violated by the admission of the expert testimony and report regarding the results of the laboratory analysis of her blood samples?
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