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APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST
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-73-15 State v. Brian Tier (077328) Where defendant provided, in discovery, a list of proposed witnesses, including their addresses and birth dates, was defendant also required to provide the State a proffer of the witnesses' testimony?
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A-72-15 State v. Rodney J. Miles a/k/a Jamal D. Allen (077035) Does the 'same evidence' test, as expressed by the United States Supreme Court in Illinois v. Vitale, 447 U.S. 410 (1980), continue to govern the double jeopardy analysis in New Jersey for defendants facing successive prosecutions?
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A-71-15 Denise Brown v. State of New Jersey (076656) Did police violate plaintiff's rights when they entered her home without a warrant or consent in order to secure her residence while they sought a search warrant; and, if so, is this detective entitled to qualified immunity?
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A-70-15 State v. Amir Randolph (076506) Under the circumstances presented, was defendant entitled to suppress the evidence seized from this purportedly vacant or abandoned apartment?
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A-69-15 Tahisha Roach v. BM Motoring (077125) Did defendant's conduct constitute a breach of the parties' Dispute Resolution Agreement, which contained an arbitration provision, or a waiver of defendant's right to enforce the Agreement?
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Can a government records custodian bring an action pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:16-50 to -62, to secure a declaratory judgment that it properly denied access to a record under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, and the common law right of access; and, did this requestor have a right to access records pertaining to financial relief payments made by the Association?
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A-67-15 Maryanne Grande v. Saint Clare's Health System (076606) Under the circumstances presented, was defendant entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's allegations that she was terminated based upon a perceived or actual disability, in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)?
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A-66-15 State v. Anthony K. Cole (076255) Did the trial court err in admitting, over defendant's objection, the portion of defendant's videotaped statement that was captured when he was alone in the interrogation room?
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A-65-15 Michael Conley, Jr. v. Mona Guerrero (076928) Did defendant, the seller of a residence, effectively terminate her sale agreement with plaintiffs-buyers during the 'three day review' authorized by the agreement?
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A-64-15 Motorworld, Inc. v. William Benkendorf (077009) Did plaintiffs' release defendants' $600,000 debt in exchange for 'reasonably equivalent value' within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 25:2-27(a), and was it a fraudulent conveyance?
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A-63-15 State v. James Comer (077318) Does defendant's aggregate sentence, imposed for a homicide offense among other charges, violate the proscriptions of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012) and other authority regarding sentences of juvenile offenders?
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A-62-15 State v. William R. Joe (077034) Is a defendant entitled to jail credit for pre-sentence time in custody in another state while under indictment in New Jersey?
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A-61-15 State v. Keith Carson (076999) Does counsel's admitted failure to file an appeal satisfy both prongs of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) – i.e., (1) counsel's performance was deficient, and (2) counsel's errors prejudiced defendant—thereby establishing defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel?
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A-60-15 Domenick Catrambone v. Bally's Park Place (076953) Under the circumstances presented, did the Division of Workers' Compensation err in awarding the petitioner an increase in disability for one of his two conditions?
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A-59-15 State v. Alexis Ramos (076951) Among other issues pertaining to defendant's conviction, did alleged prosecutorial misconduct deprive defendant of a fair trial?
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A-58-15 State v. James P. Kucinski (076798) Did the prosecutor's cross-examination relating to defendant's silence and lack of detail provided to the police during his post-arrest interrogation violate defendant's right to remain silent and/or deprive him of a fair trial?
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A-57-15 Bound Brook Board of Education v. Glenn Ciripompa (076905) In this teacher-tenure arbitration matter, was the arbitrator’s reliance on Lehmann v. Toys ‘R’ Us, 132 N.J. 587 (1993) in dismissing the Board’s second charge of inappropriate and unprofessional conduct grounds for vacating the arbitrator’s award?
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A-56-15 State v. C.H. (076535) Where defendant is arrested for charges that give rise to multiple indictments, and later is sentenced to consecutive terms of incarceration for those crimes, does State v. Hernandez, 208 N.J. 24 (2011) compel an award of jail credit on both indictments?
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A-55-15 IMO Registrant A.D.; IMO Registrant J.B.; IMO Registrant C.M (076345) Did the offenses committed by these Megan's Law registrants fall within the definition of "offense" as it pertains to N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2f, which permits a court to terminate a registrant's obligations if he or she "has not committed an offense within 15 years following conviction or release"?
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A-54-15 State v. Ricky Zuber (076806) Does defendant's aggregate sentence, imposed for nonhomicide offenses committed in 1981, violate the proscriptions of Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010) regarding sentences of juvenile offenders?
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