- State v. Rami A. Amer (086950) (Gloucester County & Statewide) A-9-22 Supreme July 3, 2023 Oral Argument A-9-22 A-9-22 Audio for A-9-22 Close Summary A-9-22 The trial court did not violate defendant’s speedy trial rights under the IAD, and it properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss his indictment. The Court does not agree with the Appellate Division that defense counsel waived defendant’s rights under the IAD. But the Court affirms the Appellate Division’s other determinations -- that the IAD’s 180-day time period was tolled during the pendency of defendant’s pretrial motions and that defendant was “brought to trial” when jury selection began prior to the deadline. Close
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- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. VIRGINIA A. VERTETIS (14-08-0797, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1075-21 Appellate July 5, 2023
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JASON W. VANDEREE (19-05-0357, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2329-21 Appellate July 5, 2023 Summary A-2329-21 Defendant injected himself with fentanyl-laced heroin, lost control of an SUV he had been driving, his vehicle crashed into a gas station, and tragically killed three persons and injured others. He pled guilty to three counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), and was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of thirty years, with the requirement that he serve over twenty-five years before he is eligible for parole. Defendant appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress and his sentence. He argues that the warrantless search of his clothes, conducted at a hospital over an hour after his arrest, was unlawful, and that he is entitled to a resentencing. The court holds that the search of his clothes was a lawful search incident to his arrest. The court also holds that the sentencing court conducted the appropriate analysis and did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant to three consecutive prison terms of ten years for the death of each victim. Accordingly, the court affirms defendant's convictions and his sentence. Close
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